[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21369-21370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9125]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier CMS-10369]


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: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Solicitation for Applications: Community-based 
Care Transitions Program; Use: The Community-based Care Transitions 
Program (CCTP) described in Section 3026 of the Affordable Care Act 
will run for 5 years with a mandated start date of January 1, 2011. 
This program provides funding to community-based organizations in 
partnership with acute care hospitals for the provision of care 
transition services delivered to high risk

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Medicare beneficiaries. The legislation provides $500,000,000 for the 
program. The goals of the CCTP are to improve transitions of 
beneficiaries from the inpatient hospital setting to other care 
settings, to improve quality of care, to reduce readmissions for high 
risk beneficiaries, and to document measureable savings to the Medicare 
program. Form Number: CMS-10369 (OMB: 0938-NEW); Frequency: 
Once; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Private 
Sector--Business or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 1,000; Total Annual Responses: 1,000; Total 
Annual Hours: 80,000. (For policy questions regarding this collection 
contact Juliana Tiongson at 410-786-0342. For all other issues call 
410-786-1326.)
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS' 
Web site at http://www.cms.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAL/list.asp#TopOfPage 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 at 410-786-
1326.
    In commenting on the proposed information collections please 
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured 
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of 
the following ways by June 14, 2011:
    1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or 
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information 
collection document(s) accepting comments.
    2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following 
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 
Control Number, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: April 6, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group--Division B, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-9125 Filed 4-12-11; 11:15 am]
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