[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 248 (Friday, December 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 73830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25289]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-222 and CMS-R-268]


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) 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 currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Independent Rural 
Health Center/Freestanding Federally Qualified Health Center Cost 
Report and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 413.20 AND 42 CFR 413.24; Use: 
Providers of service in the Medicare program are required to submit 
annual information to achieve reimbursement for health care services 
rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. The Form CMS-222 cost report is 
needed to determine the amount of reasonable cost due to the providers 
for furnishing medical services to Medicare beneficiaries; Form Number: 
CMS-222 (OMB 0938-0107); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 
Respondents: 3,159; Total Annual Responses: 3,159; Total Annual Hours: 
157,950.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Survey Tool for 
http://www.medicare.gov and http://www.cms.hhs.gov; Use: The purpose of 
this submission is to request a revision of 0938-0756 (CMS-R-268) to 
continue to collect information from Internet users as they exit from 
the Websites Medicare.gov and CMS.hhs.gov. As part of the revised 
collection we are combining the content from the collection 0938-0900 
that was discontinued on 5/31/2007. The packages are being combined to 
eliminate a duplication of effort. We are requesting a three-year 
clearance, so that the feedback received through the survey can be used 
continually to update and improve the sites. To ensure that we gather 
information about user reactions to the Websites, we have developed a 
survey tool that users can complete when they exit either site or by 
accessing a link on the bottom bar on the page. The responses on this 
survey tool will help CMS to make appropriate changes to the Websites 
in the future. The survey tool contains questions about the information 
that visitors are seeking from the sites, the degree to which either 
site was useful to them, the improvements that they would like to see 
in the sites, and their general comments. Form Number: CMS-R-268 
(OMB 0938-0756); Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: 
Individuals and households, Private sector--Business or other for-
profit; Number of Respondents: 7,000; Total Annual Responses: 7,000; 
Total Annual Hours: 1,167.
    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.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 at the address below, 
no later than 5 p.m. on February 26, 2008. CMS, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations 
Development--C, Attention: Bonnie L Harkless, Room C4-26-05, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: December 20, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-25289 Filed 12-27-07; 8:45 am]
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