Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 57034 [E7-19505]

Agencies

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 193 (Friday, October 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 57034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19505]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10218 and CMS-10250]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed 
collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) 
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for 
the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology to minimize the information collection burden.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Survey for the Evaluation of the Low Vision 
Rehabilitation Demonstration; Use: This information collection request 
relates to the collection of health status indicators for the Low 
Vision Rehabilitation Demonstration through the beneficiary survey. The 
survey will be conducted among Medicare beneficiaries with vision 
problems who have received vision services. CMS intends to administer 
the Low Vision Survey (LVS) for approximately eighteen months. Data on 
the process of implementing the demonstration will also be collected 
through telephone interviews with physicians and beneficiaries who 
receive low vision services. Focus groups will be conducted with low 
vision rehabilitation specialists. Form Numbers: CMS-10218 
(OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: Reporting--Once and Yearly; 
Affected Public: Individuals and households; Number of Respondents: 
2131; Total Annual Responses: 2131; Total Annual Hours: 1059.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Submission of Information for the Hospital 
Outpatient Quality Data Program; Use: The submission of outpatient 
hospital quality of care information builds on the requirement to 
submit such data for inpatient hospital care as required under 501(b) 
of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 
2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173). The requirement to submit hospital 
quality of care information is intended to empower consumers with 
quality of care information to make more informed decisions about their 
health care while also encouraging hospitals and clinicians to improve 
the quality of care. This information is used by CMS to direct its 
contractor, including Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), to 
focus on particular areas of improvement, and to develop quality 
improvement initiatives. The information will be made available to 
hospitals for their use in internal quality improvement initiatives. 
Most importantly, this information is available to beneficiaries, as 
well as to the public in general, to provide hospital information to 
assist them in making decisions about their health care. Form Numbers: 
CMS-10250 (OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: Reporting--quarterly; 
Affected Public: Private Sector--For-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 3,500; Total Annual Responses: 
17,500; Total Annual Hours: 914,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS' 
Web Site address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 
or E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB 
number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call 
the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
    To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collections must be received at the address below, 
no later than 5 p.m. on December 4, 2007.

CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of 
Regulations Development--C, Attention: Bonnie L Harkless, Room C4-26-
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 27, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-19505 Filed 10-4-07; 8:45 am]
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