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requirements of the statute regarding 

cost sharing, income eligibility level, 

absence of a waiting list for their entire 

CHIP program (not just for dental 

coverage), and not providing more 

favorable treatment to children eligible 

for the supplemental dental benefit 

under this option. In order to implement 

this option States must amend their 

State Plan using the Supplemental 

Dental Benefits State Plan Amendment 

Template. Form Number: CMS–10289 

(OMB#: 0938–NEW); Frequency: 

Reporting One-time; Affected Public: 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments; 

Number of Respondents: 51; Total 

Annual Responses: 51; Total Annual 

Hours: 1020. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Nancy 

Goetschius at 410–786–0707. For all 

other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: The Medicare 

Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey 

(MCPSS); Use: Section 911 of the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 

2003 (MMA) mandated that CMS 

develop contract performance 

requirements and standards for 

measuring provider satisfaction. CMS 

developed the MCPSS to meet this 

requirement. Each year CMS obtains 

information from Medicare providers 

and suppliers via a survey about 

satisfaction, attitudes, and perceptions 

regarding the services provided by 

Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) 

contractors, i.e., carriers, fiscal 

intermediaries (FIs), regional home 

health intermediaries (RHHIs), durable 

medical equipment Medicare 

administrative contractors (DME MACs) 

and Part A/Part B MACs. The survey 

focuses on basic business functions 

provided by the Medicare contractors, 

such as provider inquiries, provider 

outreach and education, claims 

processing, appeals, provider 

enrollment, medical review, and 

provider audit and reimbursement. CMS 

uses the survey to monitor its 

contractors and to provide incentives for 

improved performance. 

CMS seeks to minimally revise the 

survey instrument for the 2010 

administration. CMS would like to 

obtain more focused feedback on the 

providers’ perception of their 

interactions with their contractor. By 

narrowing the focus of the questions, 

CMS can provide more specific 

feedback to the contractors in targeted 

areas of performance. Form Number: 

CMS–10097 (OMB#: 0938–0915); 

Frequency: Reporting—Yearly; Affected 

Public: Business or other for-profits and 

Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 25,000; Total Annual 

Responses: 25,000; Total Annual Hours: 

9,349. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Teresa Mundell 

at 410–786–9176. For all other issues 

call 410–786–1326.) 

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 Email 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. 

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 October 13, 2009. 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS 

Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 

6974, E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: September 4, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–21954 Filed 9–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[30Day-09–0039] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) publishes a 

list of information collection requests 

under review by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) in 

compliance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

To request a copy of these requests, call 

the CDC/ATSDR Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to the CDC Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC or by fax to (202)395– 

5806. Written comments should be 

received within 30 days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR)— 

Extension—Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry (ATSDR) requests an 

extension of data collection and 

procedures for the previously approved 

Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) 

project for an additional three years. 

ATSDR is mandated pursuant to the 

1980 Comprehensive Environmental 

Response Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) and its 1986 

Amendments, the Superfund 

Amendments and Re-authorization Act 

(SARA), to establish and maintain 

national registries of persons who have 

been exposed to hazardous substances 

in the environment and national 

registries of persons with illnesses or 

health problems resulting from such 

exposure. In 2003, ATSDR created the 

Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) as a 

result of this legislation in an effort to 

provide scientific information about 

potential adverse health effects people 

develop as a result of exposure to the 

amphibole fibers that are found in 

vermiculite mined from Libby, 

Montana. The purpose of the TAR is to 

improve communication with people at 

risk for developing asbestos-related 

diseases subsequent to exposure to 

Libby amphibole and to support 

research activities related to TAR 

registrants. The TAR is currently 

composed of information about former 

vermiculite workers, the people that 

lived with them during their tenure as 

vermiculite workers (i.e., the workers’ 

household contacts), and people who 

participated in screening programs 

funded by ATSDR conducted in Libby 

and other sites that received Libby 

vermiculite. TAR participants are 

interviewed to collect information on 

exposure pathways, tobacco use, and 

health outcomes. The standardized TAR 

survey is administered using a 

computer-assisted personal interview 

instrument. 

The number of annual respondents 

will vary little from year to year. We 

anticipate that 500 persons per year 

could be added during each of the next 

3 years in addition to the 4,500 

registrants already enrolled. These 

newly enrolled respondents will be 

interviewed using the Baseline 

interview instrument. Optimally, one 

third of the follow-up interviews will be 

conducted each year for the next three 

years using the Follow-up interview 

instrument. The maximum burden for 

the baseline survey is 30 minutes and 20 

minutes for the follow-up survey. 


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There is no cost to registrants. The 

total estimated annualized burden hours 

are 750. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Data collection instruments Number of 

respondents 

Number 

responses 

per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

per response 

(in hours) 

Persons exposed ............................................ Baseline TAR Questionnaire .......................... 500 1 30/60 

Follow-up TAR questionnaire ......................... 1,500 1 20/60 

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–21915 Filed 9–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day-09–0212] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

In compliance with the requirement 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for 

opportunity for public comment on 

proposed data collection projects, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic 

summaries of proposed projects. To 

request more information on the 

proposed projects or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans and 

instruments, call the CDC Reports 

Clearance Officer at 404–639–5960 or 

send comments to CDC/ATSDR 

Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

GA 30333 or send an e-mail to 

omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Hospital Discharge Survey 

(NHDS) (OMB# 0920–0212 exp. 10/31/ 

2011)—Revision—National Center for 

Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Section 306 of the Public Health 

Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as 

amended, authorizes that the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 

acting through NCHS, shall collect 

statistics on the extent and nature of 

illness and disability of the population 

of the United States. This three-year 

clearance request includes the data 

collection for 2010, 2011, and 2012 of 

the redesigned National Hospital 

Discharge Survey. 

The National Hospital Discharge 

Survey (NHDS) has been conducted 

continuously by the National Center for 

Health Statistics, CDC, since 1965. It is 

the principal source of data on inpatient 

utilization of short-stay, non-Federal 

hospitals and is the principal annual 

source of nationally representative 

estimates on the characteristics of 

discharges, lengths of stay, diagnoses, 

surgical and non-surgical procedures, 

and patterns of use of care in hospitals 

in various regions of the country. It is 

the benchmark against which special 

programmatic data sources are 

measured. 

Although the current NHDS is still 

fulfilling its intended functions, it is 

based on concepts from the health care 

delivery system, as well as the hospital 

and patient universes, of previous 

decades. It has become clear that a 

redesign of the NHDS that provides 

greater depth of information is 

necessary. Consequently, 2010 will 

serve as the last year in which the 

current NHDS will be fielded. 

Meanwhile, the redesigned NHDS is 

scheduled to begin in 2010. 

Due to budgetary constraints, the new 

sample of 240 hospitals drawn for the 

redesigned NHDS will be phased in over 

two years. In 2010, data collection will 

begin in 80 sampled hospitals. Data 

collection for those initial 80 sites will 

continue into 2011 with the addition of 

another 160 sampled hospitals, for a 

grand total of 240. All 240 hospitals will 

be designated to participate in the 2012 

survey. Within each sampled hospital, a 

stratified, random sample of 120 

discharges will be targeted. In the 

redesigned survey all data will be 

abstracted by trained health care staff 

under contract. All data will be obtained 

from hospital records and charts and 

computer systems. 

The data items to be collected in the 

redesigned NHDS will include 

significant additional details. Patient 

level data items to be collected include 

basic demographic information as well 

as personal identifiers, such as Social 

Security Number (last 4 digits), name 

and medical record number; clinical 

laboratory results, such as hematocrit 

and white blood cell count; and 

financial billing and medical record 

data. Facility level data items include 

demographic information, clinical 

capabilities, and financial information. 

Users of NHDS data include, but are 

not limited to CDC, Congressional 

Research Office, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 

(ASPE), American Health Care 

Association, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), and Bureau of 

the Census. Data collected through 

NHDS are essential for evaluating health 

status of the population, for the 

planning of programs and policy to 

elevate the health status of the Nation, 

for studying morbidity trends, and for 

research activities in the health field. 

NHDS data have been used extensively 

in the development and monitoring of 

goals for the Year 2000 and 2010 

Healthy People Objectives. In addition, 

NHDS data provide annual updates for 

numerous tables in the Congressionallymandated NCHS report, Health, United 

States. Other users of these data include 

universities, contract research 

organizations, many in the private 

sector, foundations, and a variety of 

users in the print media. There is no 


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