[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 65072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28709]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10101]


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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Survey of Medicare Preferred Provider 
Organization Demonstration Form No.: CMS-10101 (OMB 0938-NEW); 
Use: This information collection will be used to collect information 
from Medicare Beneficiaries to understand beneficiary experiences with 
the new managed care option and to understand which Medicare 
beneficiaries are attracted to the PPO model and why. CMS also wants to 
know what both enrollees and non-enrollees in PPOs know and understand 
about this new option; Frequency: Other: One-time Only; Affected 
Public: Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 38,216; Total 
Annual Responses: 38,216; Total Annual Hours: 9,556.
    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://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/default.asp, 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 Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development 
and Issuances, Attention: Melissa Musotto, Room C5-14-03, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: November 7, 2003.
Julie Brown,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Strategic Affairs, Division of Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 03-28709 Filed 11-17-03; 8:45 am]
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