[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 159 (Friday, August 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47953-47954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18957]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10260 and CMS-10256]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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), 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: Medicare Advantage (MA) Disclosure 
Requirements; Use: The information collection requirements are mandated 
by 42 CFR 422.111 and 422.80. MA organizations will be required to 
notify plan members of the coming year's changes using a combined 
standardized document. MA organizations and potential MA organizations 
(applicants) will use the information to comply with the eligibility 
requirements and the MA contract requirements. CMS will use this 
information to ensure that correct information is disclosed to Medicare 
beneficiaries, both potential enrollees and enrollees. Form Number: 
CMS-10260 (OMB 0938-New); Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 670; Total Annual 
Responses: 670; Total Annual Hours: 8040.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Medicare Care Management performance (MCMP) 
Demonstration; Use: Section 649 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) requires the Secretary 
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pay-
for-performance (P4P) demonstration program with physicians to meet the 
needs of eligible beneficiaries through the adoption and use of health 
information technology (HIT) and evidence-based outcome measures. The 
Medicare Care Management Performance Demonstration was established in 
response to the MMA. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. is conducting an 
evaluation of the MCMP on behalf of CMS. The goals of the three-year 
demonstration are to improve quality of care to eligible fee-for-
service Medicare beneficiaries and encourage the implementation and use 
of HIT. The specific objectives are to promote continuity of care, help 
stabilize medical conditions, prevent or minimize acute exacerbations 
of chronic conditions, and reduce adverse health outcomes. The MMA 
authorizes a total of four sites in both urban and rural areas. The 
demonstration sites are in Arkansas, California, Massachusetts, and 
Utah. The MCMP demonstration will target practices serving at least 50 
traditional fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with congestive 
heart failure, coronary heart disease, and diabetes for whom they 
provide primary care.
    An impact analysis using a comparison group design will be 
conducted as part of the evaluation. Physician practices in selected 
non-demonstration States that match most closely those in demonstration 
States on key factors will make up the comparison group. The impact 
analysis will use data from four data sources: (1) A beneficiary 
survey, (2) a physician survey, (3) Medicare claims and eligibility 
data, and (4) practice-specific data. This request relates to the two 
surveys. Form Number: CMS-10256 (OMB 0938-New); Frequency: 
Once; Affected Public:

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Business or other for-profits, and Individual and households; Number of 
Respondents: 6,400; Total Annual Responses: 6,400; Total Annual Hours: 
1,472.
    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 September 15, 
2008. OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: OMB Desk 
Officer, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: August 7, 2008.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-18957 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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