[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9740-9741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4969]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10060]


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; Title of Information 
Collection; Form No.: CMS-10060 (OMB# 0938-NEW); Use; This project 
completion report derives from the Quality Improvement System for 
Managed Care (QISMC) Standards and Guidelines as required by the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (as amended by the Balanced Budget 
Refinement Act of 1999) and the related regations, 42 CFR 422.152. 
These regulations established QISMC as a requirement for Medicare + 
Choice (M+C) Organizations by requiring improved health outcomes for 
enrolled beneficiaries. The provisions of QISMC specify that M+C 
organizations will implement and evaluate quality improvement projects. 
The form submitted herein will permit M+C organizations to report their 
completed projects to CMS in a standardized fashion for evaluation by 
CMS of the M+C organization's compliance with regulatory provisions. 
This form will improve consistency and reliability in the CMS 
evaluation process as well as provide a standardized structure for 
public use and review; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business 
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other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 
155; Total Annual Responses: 310; Total Annual Hours: 620-1240 hours.
    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 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 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: Melissa Musotto, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 21, 2002.
John P. Burke, III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-4969 Filed 3-1-02; 8:45 am]
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