[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2453]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10050]
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 (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration),
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: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Survey of Newly Eligible Medicare
Beneficiaries; Form No.: CMS-10050 (OMB# 0938-NEW); Use: It is not
enough to merely mail information about the Medicare program to each
beneficiary. We need to know not only that the beneficiaries got the
information, but that they understood the information and are able to
use it in making choices about their Medicare participation. To this
end, CMS must have measure(s) over time of what beneficiaries know and
understand about the Medicare program now to be able to quantify and
attribute any changes to their understanding or behavior to
information/education initiatives. Measuring beneficiary information
needs and knowledge over time will help us to evaluate the impact of
information/education and other initiatives as well as to understand
how the population is changing apart from such initiatives.; Frequency:
Monthly; Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of
Respondents: 3600; Total Annual Responses: 3600; Total Annual Hours:
1080.
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 [email protected], 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: January 23, 2002.
John P. Burke, III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-2453 Filed 1-31-02; 8:45 am]
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