[Federal Register: March 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 54)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-299]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and 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 and Medicaid
Services (CMS) (formerly known as the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA)), 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 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.
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Title of Information Collection: A Project to Develop an Outcome-
Based Continuous Quality Improvement System and Core Outcome and
Comprehensive Assessment Data Set for PACE.
Form No.: CMS-R-299CMS--(OMB# 0938-0791).
Use: The purpose of this project is to develop an outcome-based
continuous quality improvement (OBCQI) system and core comprehensive
assessment data set for the PACE program by (a) developing and testing
a set of data items for core outcome and comprehensive assessment
(COCOA), (b) testing risk-adjustment methods so each site's outcomes
can be
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appropriately evaluated, (c) designing an OBCQI approach to improve
quality in a systematic, evolutionary manner, and (d) testing the
usefulness of the data items for assessment and care planning. A three-
phase field test will result in the refinement of the draft COCOA data
items and protocols as needed. Findings from the project are intended
to guide the possible implementation of a national approach for OBCQI
and core comprehensive assessment for PACE.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions and individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 8,298.
Total Annual Responses: 90,070.
Total Annual Hours: 22,503.77.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS's
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or e-mail
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS
document identifier, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 60 days of this notice directly to the CMS Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Information
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise
Standards, Attention: Melissa Musotto, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: March 12, 2002.
John P. Burke, III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of
CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-6756 Filed 3-19-02; 8:45 am]
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