[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24741]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10040]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
    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) (formerly known as the Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA)), Department of Health and Human Services, 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: NMEP Regional Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries; 
Form No.: HCFA-10040 (OMB# 0938-NEW); Use: HCFA is proposing to conduct 
a survey by selecting 2,000 Medicare beneficiaries per HCFA region from 
HCFA's administrative databases with oversampling for underserved 
populations as a part of the continuous assessment on the knowledge and 
understanding of the Medicare program and the NMEP/Medicare+Choice 
outreach and educational efforts to systematically quantify current 
knowledge and awareness and to assess future direction; Frequency: On 
occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other 
for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 20,000; 
Total Annual Responses: 20,000; Total Annual Hours: 5,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS' 
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail 
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: September 10, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-24741 Filed 10-2-01; 8:45 am]
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