[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 58741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29231]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[CMS-R-305]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and 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 and 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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: External Quality 
Review of Medicaid MCOs and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 
438.352,438.360, 438.362, and 438.36; Form No.: CMS-R-305 (OMB# 0938-
0786); Use: The results of Medicare reviews, Medicare accreditation 
surveys, and Medicaid external quality reviews will be used by States 
in assessing the quality of care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries 
provided by managed care organizations or to provide information on the 
quality of the care provided to the general public upon request. Three 
of the protocol activities are mandatory and six are optional; 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
State, local or tribal govt.; Number of Respondents: 542; Total Annual 
Responses: 16,237; Total Annual Hours: 638,324.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's 
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail 
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and 
HCFA 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 60 days of this notice directly to the CMS Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Information 
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise 
Standards, Attention: Julie Brown, CMS-R-305, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: November 16, 2001.
Julie E. Brown,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, 
Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-29231 Filed 11-21-01; 8:45 am]
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