[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10198]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-295]


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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare CAHPS 
Disenrollment Surveys; Form No.: CMS-R-295 (OMB# 0938-0779); Use: CMS 
is required by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to provide disenrollment 
information on Medicare+Choice health plans to Medicare beneficiaries 
for the purpose of informed choice. To faithfully execute this 
requirement, CMS needs to survey Medicare beneficiaries who have 
disenrolled from their plans during the past year to obtain their 
ratings of their former plans (assessment survey) and the reasons why 
they left (reasons survey). The survey results will be reported to all 
beneficiaries in print and on the Internet; Frequency: Quarterly and 
Annually; Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of 
Respondents: 112,800; Total Annual Responses: 90,240; Total Annual 
Hours: 42,112.
    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. 02-10198 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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