[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7433-7434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02155]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers CMS-10409 and CMS-10461]


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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Long Term Care 
Hospital (LCTH) Continuity Assessment Record and Evaluation (CARE) Data 
Set; Use: Section 3004 of the Affordable Care Act authorizes the 
establishment of a new quality reporting program for LTCH. LTCHs that 
fail to submit quality measure data may be subject to a 2 percentage 
point reduction in their annual update to the standard Federal rate for 
discharges occurring during a rate year. In the FY 2013 IPPS/LTCH PPS 
final rule (76 FR 51743 through 51756), CMS retained three measures 
(NQF 0678, NQF 0138 and NQF 0139) and 
adopted two new measure (NQF 0680 and NQF0431) for 
the FY 2016 payment determination. NQF 0680 is the percent of 
residents or patients who were assessed and appropriately given the 
seasonal influenza vaccine (short-stay). NQF 0431 is influenza 
vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel. The data collection 
for these two NQF endorsed measures will start January 1, 2014.
    LTCH CARE Data Set was developed specifically for use in LTCHs for 
data collection of NQF 0678 Pressure Ulcer measures beginning 
October 1, 2012, with the understanding that the data set would expand 
in future rulemaking years with the adoption of additional quality 
measures. Relevant data elements contained in other well-known and 
clinically established data sets, including but not limited to the 
Minimum Data Set 3.0 (MDS 3.0) and CARE, were incorporated into the 
LTCH CARE Data Set V1.01. Form Number: CMS-10409 (OCN: 0938-1163); 
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or 
other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions; Number of 
Respondents: 442; Total Annual Responses: 403,988; Total Annual Hours: 
212,160. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact 
Charles Padgett at 410-786-2811. For all other issues call 410-786-
1326.)
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection (request 
for a new OMB control number). Title of Information Collection: 
Emergency Department Patient Experience of Care Survey. Use: This 
survey supports the six national priorities for improving care from the 
National Quality Strategy developed by the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS) that was called for under the Affordable Care 
Act to create national aims and priorities to guide local, state, and 
national efforts to improve the quality of health care. This strategy 
has established six priorities that support a three-part aim focusing 
on better care, better health, and lower costs through improvement. The 
six priorities include: making care safer by reducing harm caused by 
the delivery of care; ensuring that each person and family are engaged 
as partners in their care; promoting effective communication and 
coordination of care; promoting the most effective prevention and 
treatment practices for the leading causes of mortality, starting with 
cardiovascular disease; working with communities to promote wide use of 
best practices to enable healthy living; and making quality care more 
affordable for individuals, families, employers, and

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governments by developing and spreading new health care delivery 
models. This survey will provide patient experiences with care data 
that enables making comparisons of emergency departments across the 
nation and promoting effective communication and coordination. Form 
Number: CMS-10461 (OCN 0938-New). Frequency: Once. Affected Public: 
Individuals and households. Number of Respondents: Total Annual 
Responses: 3,360. Total Annual Hours: 799. (For policy questions 
regarding this collection contact Sai Ma at 410-786-1479. 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 address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 
or Email 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.
    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 April 2, 2013:
    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: January 29, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-02155 Filed 1-31-13; 8:45 am]
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