[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10192]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10050]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Survey of Newly Eligible Medicare 
Beneficiaries; Form No.: CMS-10050 (OMB# 0938-NEW); Use: It is not 
enough to merely mail information about the Medicare program to each 
beneficiary. We need to know not only that the beneficiaries got the 
information, but that they understood the information and are able to 
use it in making choices about their Medicare participation. To this 
end, CMS must have measure(s) over time of what beneficiaries know and 
understand about the Medicare program now to be able to quantify and 
attribute any changes to their understanding or behavior to 
information/education initiatives. Measuring beneficiary information 
needs and knowledge over time will help us evaluate the impact of 
information/education and other initiatives as well as to understand 
how the population is changing apart from such initiatives; Frequency: 
Monthly; Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of 
Respondents: 3,600; Total Annual Responses: 3,600; Total Annual Hours: 
1,080.
    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, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 16, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS, Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-10192 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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