[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 240 (Friday, December 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71141-71142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24274]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10218 and CMS-10250]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    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), 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 function; (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 for the Evaluation of the Low Vision 
Rehabilitation Demonstration; Use: This information collection request 
relates to the collection of health status indicators for the Low 
Vision Rehabilitation Demonstration through the beneficiary survey. The 
survey will be conducted among Medicare beneficiaries with vision 
problems who have received vision services. CMS intends to administer 
the Low Vision Survey (LVS) for approximately eighteen months. Data on 
the process of implementing the demonstration will also be collected 
through telephone interviews with physicians and beneficiaries who 
receive low vision services. Focus groups will be conducted with low 
vision rehabilitation specialists. Form Numbers: CMS-10218 
(OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: Reporting--Once and Yearly; 
Affected Public: Individuals and households; Number of Respondents: 
2131; Total Annual Responses: 2131; Total Annual Hours: 1059.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Submission of Information for the Hospital 
Outpatient Quality Data Program; Use: The submission of outpatient 
hospital quality of care information builds on the requirement to 
submit such data for inpatient hospital care as required under 501(b) 
of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 
2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173). The requirement to submit hospital 
quality of care information is intended to empower consumers with 
quality of care information to make more informed decisions about their 
health care while also encouraging hospitals and clinicians to improve 
the quality of care. This information is used by CMS to direct its 
contractors, including Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), to 
focus on particular areas of improvement, and to develop quality 
improvement initiatives. The information will be made available to 
hospitals for their use in internal quality improvement initiatives. 
Most importantly, this information is available to beneficiaries, as 
well as to the public in general, to provide hospital information to 
assist them in making decisions about their health care. Form Numbers: 
CMS-10250 (OMB: 0938--NEW); Frequency: Reporting--quarterly; 
Affected Public: Private Sector--For-profit and not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 3,500; Total Annual Responses: 
17,500; Total Annual Hours: 914,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access the CMS 
Web site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 
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.
    To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk 
officer at

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the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on January 14, 2008:

OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Fax 
Number: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: December 7, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E7-24274 Filed 12-13-07; 8:45 am]
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