[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: HCFA-10029]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, 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 (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: Medicare Program Integrity Customer Service 
Project; Form No.: CMS-10029 (OMB# 0938-0837); Use: Medicare's 
Integrity Program seeks to improve customer service provided to 
beneficiaries and providers. The study's purpose is to identify 
baseline satisfaction with Program Integrity efforts, to prioritize 
improvement areas, and to identify potential service delivery changes 
that can be implemented by CMS or its contractors. Respondents include 
beneficiaries whose billing questions were transferred to Fraud, and 
providers who have been through enrollment, medical review, or cost 
report audit; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Individuals or 
households, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 5,250; Total Annual Responses: 5,250; Total 
Annual Hours: 782.
    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: Julie Brown, CMS 10029, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: April 16, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-10188 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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