[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62574-62575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19603]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-10769]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human 
Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is 
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention 
to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (the PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice 
in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information (including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an 
existing collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public 
comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the 
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the 
agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.

DATES: Comments must be received by November 13, 2023.

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the document identifier or 
OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and 
recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
    1. Electronically. You may send your comments electronically to 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or 
Submission'' or ``More Search Options''

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to find the information collection document(s) that are 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.
    To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, please access 
the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address 
into your web browser: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William N. Parham at (410) 786-4669.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents

    This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated 
with the following information collections. More detailed information 
can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated 
materials (see ADDRESSES).

CMS-10769 Satisfaction of Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and Outpatient 
Clinicians Working with the CMS Network of Quality Improvement and 
Innovation Contractors Program (NQIIC)

    Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each 
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term 
``collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires federal agencies 
to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each 
proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension 
or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before 
submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this 
requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.

Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved information collection; Title of Information Collection: 
Satisfaction of Nursing Homes, Hospitals, and Outpatient Clinicians 
Working with the CMS Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation 
Contractors Program (NQIIC); Use: The purpose of this Information 
Collection Request (ICR) is to collect data to inform the program 
evaluation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 
Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) 
and Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQIC) programs under the 
Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC) 
contract vehicle. This is a revision package. First, we updated the 
Nursing Home and Hospital Surveys to cover all the quality improvement 
focus areas targeted by NQIIC awardees, removed some but not all COVID-
19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) related questions to reflect the 
progress of federal health program (e.g., Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality Project Echo program was officially ended in 
August 2021), and made minor refinements based on the first round of 
survey fielding. Second, we added the Outpatient Clinician Survey in 
the same revision package since all three surveys are conducted under 
the same NQIIC contract.
    This revision package supports evaluation of the technical 
assistance provided by the QINQIO Program to nursing homes and 
outpatient clinicians in community settings, and Hospital Quality 
Improvement Contractors (HQIC) Program activities to support hospitals. 
This ICR is part of a larger evaluation of the overall impact of the 
NQIIC Program. Form Number: CMS-10769 (OMB control number: 0938-1424); 
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: State and Private Sector (Business 
or other for-profits); Number of Respondents: 1,900; Total Annual 
Responses: 1,900; Total Annual Hours: 559. (For policy questions 
regarding this collection, contact Jeff Mokry at 214-767-4021.)

    Dated: September 7, 2023.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-19603 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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