[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31339-31340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13330]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier CMS-10136 and CMS-10303]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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: Medicare
Demonstration Ambulatory Care Quality Measure Performance Assessment
Tool (``PAT''); Use: This request is to cover a modification of an
existing, approved data collection effort with a new secure web based
system. This system will also provide a platform for developing tools
to collect clinical quality data for future demonstrations and
programs. There is no increase in burden. In fact, because all of the
practices submitting data will have Electronic Health Records (EHRs),
it is likely that the originally estimated burden will decrease over
the coming years of the demonstration. CMS is requesting an extension
of the currently approved tool for the collection of ambulatory care
clinical performance measure data.
The data will be used to continue implementation of two
Congressionally mandated demonstration projects (the Physician Group
Practice (PGP) Demonstration and the Medicare Care Management
Performance (MCMP) Demonstration); also the support data collection
under the new EHR Demonstration. Each of these demonstrations, test new
payment methods for improving the quality and efficiency of health care
services delivered to Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries,
especially those with chronic conditions that account for a
disproportionate share of Medicare expenditures. In addition, the MCMP
and EHR demonstration specifically encourage the adoption of electronic
health records systems as a vehicle for improving how health care is
delivered. Form Number: CMS-10136 (OMB 0938-0941); Frequency:
Yearly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and not-for-
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 400; Total Annual
Responses: 400; Total Annual Hours: 9600. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Jodie Blatt at 410-786-6921. For all
other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently
approved collection; Title of Information: Medicare Gainsharing
Demonstration Evaluation: Physician Focus Groups; Use: The proposed
physician focus groups are part of the evaluation of the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)'s Medicare Physician Hospital
Collaboration Demonstration. The Congress, under Section 646 of the
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 permitted CMS to conduct
demonstrations to test methods for the provision of incentives for
improving the quality and safety of care and achieving the efficient
allocation of resources. The primary goal of the demonstration is to
evaluate gainsharing as means to align physician and hospital
incentives to improve quality and efficiency. This demonstration plans
to use the physician focus group protocols approved by OMB for the DRA
5007 Gainsharing Demonstration. Form Number: CMS-10303 (OMB#: 0938-
1103); Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Private sector, business or
other for profits; Number of Respondents: 288; Total Annual Responses:
144; Total Annual Hours: 144 (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact William Buczko at 410-786-6593. For all other issues
call 410-786-1326.)
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on June 30, 2011.
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: [email protected].
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Dated: May 25. 2011.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-13330 Filed 5-27-11; 8:45 am]
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