[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39404-39405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14274]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-299]


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: A Project to 
Develop an Outcome-Based Continuous Quality Improvement System and Core 
Outcome and Comprehensive Assessment Data Set for PACE; Form No.: CMS-
R-299 (OMB 0938-0791); Use: The purpose of this project is to 
develop and outcome-based continuous quality improvement (OBCQI) system 
and core comprehensive assessment data set for the PACE program by (a) 
developing and testing a set of data items for core outcome and 
comprehensive assessment (COCOA), (b) testing risk-adjustment methods 
so each site's outcomes can be appropriately evaluated, (c) designing 
an OBCQI approach to improve quality in a systematic, evolutionary 
manner, and (d) testing the usefulness of the data items for assessment 
and care planning. A three-phase field test will result in the 
refinement of the draft COCOA data items and protocols as needed. 
Findings from the project are intended to guide the possible 
implementation of a national approach for OBCQI and core

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comprehensive assessment for PACE; Frequency: On Occasion; Affected 
Public: Not-for-profit institutions and individuals or households; 
Number of Respondents: 8,298; Total Annual Responses: 90,070; Total 
Annual Hours: 22,503.77.
    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: Brenda Aguilar, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 29, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS 
Office of Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division 
of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-14274 Filed 6-6-02; 8:45 am]
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