[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 51 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13909-13910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5069]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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


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

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.

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    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: 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 Web sites 
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.
    2. 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 healthcare 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.
    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 by the OMB desk 
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on April 14, 2008: 
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Carolyn Raffaelli, 
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax 
Number: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: March 7, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-5069 Filed 3-13-08; 8:45 am]
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