[Federal Register: September 29, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 189)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10109]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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), 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 function; (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: Hospital
Reporting Initiative--Hospital Quality Measures; Use: The recently
enacted section 5001(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) sets out new
requirements for the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment
Update (RHQDAPU) program. The RHQDAPU program was established to
implement section 501(b) of the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). The DRA builds on our
ongoing voluntary Hospital Quality Initiative, which is intended to
empower consumers with quality of care information to make more
informed decisions about their health care, while also encouraging
hospitals and clinicians to improve the quality of care provided to
Medicare beneficiaries. The DRA revises the current hospital reporting
initiative by stipulating new data collection requirements. The law
provides a 2.0 percent reduction in points to the update percentage
increase for any hospital that does not submit the quality data in the
form, and manner, and at a time, specified by the Secretary. The Act
also requires that we expand the ``starter set'' of 10 quality measures
that we have used since 2003. To comply with these new requirements we
must make changes to the Hospital Reporting Initiative. Form Number:
CMS-10109 (OMB: 0938-0918); Frequency: Recordkeeping, Third
party disclosure, and Reporting--Quarterly; Affected Public: State,
local or tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 3,700; Total Annual
Responses: 14,800; Total Annual Hours: 583,760.
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
e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collections must be mailed or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, fax number: (202) 395-6974.
Dated: September 25, 2006.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E6-15982 Filed 9-28-06; 8:45 am]
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