57034 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No.

193 / Friday, October 5, 2007 / Notices

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE

Average bur-
Number of re-
Number of den hours per Total burden
Form sponses per
respondents response hours
respondent (in hrs.)

Survey .............................................................................................................. 48,000 1 12/60 9,600

Alice Bettencourt, Data on the process of implementing the PaperworkReductionActof1995, or E-

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction demonstration will also be collected mail your request, including your
Act Reports Clearance Officer. through telephone interviews with address, phone number, OMB number,
[FR Doc. E7–19724 Filed 10–4–07; 8:45 am] physicians and beneficiaries who and CMS document identifier, to
BILLING CODE 4150–25–P receive low vision services. Focus Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
groups will be conducted with low Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
vision rehabilitation specialists. Form 1326.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Numbers: CMS–10218 (OMB#: 0938– To be assured consideration,
HUMAN SERVICES NEW); Frequency: Reporting—Once and comments and recommendations for the
Yearly; Affected Public: Individuals and proposed information collections must
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid households; Number of Respondents: be received at the address below, no
Services 2131; Total Annual Responses: 2131; later than 5 p.m. on December 4, 2007.
[Document Identifier: CMS–10218 and CMS– Total Annual Hours: 1059. CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and
10250] 2. Type of Information Collection Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Request: New Collection; Title of Regulations Development—C,
Agency Information Collection Information Collection: Submission of Attention: Bonnie L Harkless, Room
Activities: Proposed Collection; Information for the Hospital Outpatient C4–26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Comment Request Quality Data Program; Use: The Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850.
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & submission of outpatient hospital
Dated: September 27, 2007.
Medicaid Services, Department of quality of care information builds on the
Michelle Shortt,
Health and Human Services. requirement to submit such data for
inpatient hospital care as required Director, Regulations Development Group,
In compliance with the requirement Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the under 501(b) of the Medicare
Affairs.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Prescription Drug, Improvement and
[FR Doc. E7–19505 Filed 10–4–07; 8:45 am]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub.
BILLING CODE 4120–01–P
Services (CMS) is publishing the L. 108–173). The requirement to submit
following summary of proposed hospital quality of care information is
collections for public comment. intended to empower consumers with
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Interested persons are invited to send quality of care information to make
HUMAN SERVICES
comments regarding this burden more informed decisions about their
estimate or any other aspect of this health care while also encouraging Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
collection of information, including any hospitals and clinicians to improve the Services
of the following subjects: (1) The quality of care. This information is used
necessity and utility of the proposed by CMS to direct its contractor, [Document Identifier: CMS–10052, CMS–R–
including Quality Improvement 249 and CMS–10047]
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions; Organizations (QIOs), to focus on
Agency Information Collection
(2) the accuracy of the estimated particular areas of improvement, and to
Activities: Submission for OMB
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, develop quality improvement
Review; Comment Request
utility, and clarity of the information to initiatives. The information will be
be collected; and (4) the use of made available to hospitals for their use AGENCY: Centers for Medicare &
automated collection techniques or in internal quality improvement Medicaid Services, Department of
other forms of information technology to initiatives. Most importantly, this Health and Human Services.
minimize the information collection information is available to beneficiaries, In compliance with the requirement
burden. as well as to the public in general, to of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
1. Type of Information Collection provide hospital information to assist Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Request: New Collection; Title of them in making decisions about their Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Information Collection: Survey for the health care. Form Numbers: CMS–10250 Services (CMS), Department of Health
Evaluation of the Low Vision (OMB#: 0938-NEW); Frequency: and Human Services, is publishing the
Rehabilitation Demonstration; Use: This Reporting—quarterly; Affected Public: following summary of proposed
information collection request relates to Private Sector—For-profit and not-for- collections for public comment.
the collection of health status indicators profit institutions; Number of Interested persons are invited to send
for the Low Vision Rehabilitation Respondents: 3,500; Total Annual comments regarding this burden
Demonstration through the beneficiary Responses: 17,500; Total Annual Hours: estimate or any other aspect of this
survey. The survey will be conducted 914,000. collection of information, including any
yshivers on PROD1PC62 with NOTICES

among Medicare beneficiaries with To obtain copies of the supporting of the following subjects: (1) The
vision problems who have received statement and any related forms for the necessity and utility of the proposed
vision services. CMS intends to proposed paperwork collections information collection for the proper
administer the Low Vision Survey (LVS) referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site performance of the Agency’s function;
for approximately eighteen months. address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ (2) the accuracy of the estimated

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