[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 35633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14537]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10082 and CMS-10114]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 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 & 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: CMSO Survey of 
States: Performance Measurement Reporting Capability; Form No.: CMS-
10082 (OMB 0938-0898); Use: Because of the wide variability of 
Medicaid and SCHIP financing and service delivery approaches, there is 
little common ground from which to develop uniform reporting on 
performance measures by states. While CMS has decided on the first 
seven measures to be used, the ability of states to calculate those 
measures using HEDIS directly or HEDIS specifications (e.g., when 
calculating measures from fee-for-service claims data) is highly 
variable. Current efforts are focused on assessing the capability of 
each state to report on the selected measures and on helping states to 
make necessary adjustments in order to be able to report measures 
uniformly so that state-to-state comparisons can be made. To accomplish 
this, states will be requested to report available numerator and 
denominator data for the seven core HEDIS measures via a survey 
instrument created for this purpose. The data will be requested for 
each state's Medicaid and SCHIP programs by delivery system; Frequency: 
Once; Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government; Number of 
Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses: 51; Total Annual Hours: 2,360.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: National Provider Identifier (NPI) Application 
and Update Form and Supporting Regulation in 45 CFR 142.408, 162.406, 
and 162.408; Form No.: CMS-10114 (OMB 0938-NEW); Use: The form 
will be used by health care providers to apply for NPIs and to update 
the information collected from them whenever it changes.; Frequency: On 
occasion and/or one-time; Affected Public: Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions and Federal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 2,534,902; Total Annual Responses: 1,339,830; Total Annual 
Hours: 442,143.
    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.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/, 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: June 18, 2004.
John P. Burke, III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Strategic Affairs, Division of Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 04-14537 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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