[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 42 (Friday, March 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10644-10645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4167]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10014]


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: Informatics, 
Telemedicine, and Education Demonstration Project; Form No.: CMS-10014 
(OMB 0938-0806); Use: The Informatics, Telemedicine and 
Education Demonstration Project studies the use of advanced computer 
and telecommunication technology in the collection of data for diabetes 
management. It aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale 
Web-based system for electronic delivery of health care services that 
complies with the date security requirements of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); assess impacts of 
telemedicine on the process of care for Medicare beneficiaries with 
diabetes; assess impacts on diabetes related health outcomes; and 
assess the cost-effectiveness of the telemedicine intervention. The 
information collection seeks approval for an extension as the 
demonstration project enters Phase 2. Phase 2 of the project employs 
new advanced technologies to reduce the public burden associated with 
the information collection, while maintaining, to the extent possible, 
continuity of design, eligibility criteria, recruitment and enrollment, 
intervention, and data collection procedures already established in 
Phase 1.; Frequency: Semi-Annually; Affected Public: Business or other 
not-for-profit, Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 
4,100; Total Annual Responses: 7,094; Total Annual Hours: 12,379.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's 
Web site

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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, 
Attention: William N. Parham, III, Mailstop: C4-26-05, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 18, 2005.
John P. Burke, III,
CMS Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Regulations Development 
Group.
[FR Doc. 05-4167 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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