[Federal Register: March 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 52)]
[Notices]
[Page 12019]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[CMS-R-284]
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: Medicaid Statistical Information
System (MMIS).
Form No.: HCFA-R-0284 (OMB# 0938-0345).
Use: State data are reported by a Federally mandated process known
as MSIS. These data are the basis for: Medicaid actuarial forecasts for
service utilization and costs; Medicaid legislative analysis and cost
savings estimates; and responding to requests for information from CMS
components, the Department, Congress, and other customers. The national
MSIS database will contain details that will allow constructive or
predictive analysis of today's Medicaid issues (e.g., pregnant women,
and infants).
Frequency: Quarterly and Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Total Annual Responses: 212.
Total Annual Hours: 2,120.
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: Julie Brown, CMS-R-284,Room N2-14-26,7500 Security
Boulevard,Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: March 1, 2002.
Julie Brown,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group,
Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
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