Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 25, 2009 / Notices 8545 

Dated: February 13, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–3999 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–09–09AW] 

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 404–639–5960 and 

send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

CDC Acting Reports Clearance Officer, 

1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

GA 30333 or send an email 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 

Measuring Preferences for Quality of 

Life for Child Maltreatment—New— 

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control (NCIPC), Division of 

Violence Prevention (DVP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The CDC requests approval of a study 

and subsequent survey fielding to 

measure the quality-of-life (QoL) 

impacts resulting from child 

maltreatment (CM) using a quantitative, 

preference-based approach. The U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, among many others, has 

identified child maltreatment as a 

serious U.S. public health problem with 

substantial long-term physical and 

psychological consequences. Despite 

considerable research on the 

consequences of CM in adult survivors, 

few studies have utilized standard QoL 

techniques and none have quantified 

childhood QoL impacts. This gap in the 

literature means the full QoL burden of 

CM has not been measured inhibiting 

the evaluation and comparison of CM 

intervention programs. This study will 

improve public health knowledge and 

economic evaluation of the QoL impacts 

of physical and sexual CM, including 

effects specific to juvenile and 

adolescent survivors, through the 

development and fielding of a 

preference-based survey instrument. 

CDC has contracted with RTI 

International to develop and field a 

survey instrument to measure the QoL 

impacts of child maltreatment. RTI will 

develop the instrument based on 

standardized QoL methods, existing 

instruments, a literature review of CM 

outcomes, and qualitative research 

techniques. The final instrument will be 

fielded to a national sample and data 

analyzed to measure the impacts of CM. 

Survey development will include 

interviews with both clinician proxies 

for adolescent survivors and CM 

survivors, as well as focus groups with 

same-sex adult CM survivors. 

The instrument will be pretested to an 

online national sample of all U.S. 

adults. After pretesting, the final survey 

will be fielded to a nationallyrepresentative sample of 2000 U.S. 

adults. The survey will focus on QoL 

measures of preferences and contain 

limited questions on past CM exposure 

to identify possible CM survivors. The 

national sample will be representative 

of the U.S. population and include a 

significant number of CM survivors so 

that preferences can be estimated 

separately based on past CM exposure. 

Final results will provide an estimate 

of the quality-of-life burden of child 

maltreatment in the United States. 

Analysis and results of the survey data 

will be used to inform the public health 

community of the impact of CM, and to 

evaluate and compare CM intervention 

programs. 

There are no costs to respondents 

other than their time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondent Form No. of respondents 

No. of responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

(in hours) 

Same-sex adult CM survivors ................... Focus groups ............................................ 50 1 1.5 75 

U.S. Adults ................................................ Pretest interviews ..................................... 15 1 1.5 23 

Pilot Instrument ........................................ 100 1 20/60 34 

National Sample ....................................... 2000 1 20/60 667 

Clinicians ................................................... In-depth interviews ................................... 15 1 1 15 

Total ................................................... ................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 814 


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8546 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 25, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: February 13, 2009. 

Maryam I. Daneshvar, 

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E9–4000 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Public Health 

Informatics (BSC, NCPHI) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the CDC announces 

the following meeting of the 

aforementioned committee: 

Time and Date: 12 p.m.–2 p.m., March 20, 

2009. 

Place: The teleconference call will 

originate at the CDC; to participate in the 

teleconference, please dial 1 (866) 713–5586 

and enter conference code 4624038. 

Status: Open to the public; teleconference 

access limited only by availability of 

telephone ports. 

Purpose: The board will meet to conduct 

BSC, NCPHI business. 

Matters To Be Discussed: To discuss BSC, 

NCPHI-related matters including: NCPHI 

portion of the stimulus package; update on 

BioSense; re-formation of three working 

groups; and planning for the May 26, 2009 

meeting in Orlando, Florida. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

For Further Information Contact: Dr. Scott 

McNabb, National Center for Public Health 

Informatics, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., (E– 

78), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (404) 

498–6427, Fax (404) 498–6235. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities for 

both the CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: February 13, 2009. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

[FR Doc. E9–4001 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–838, CMS–10267 

and CMS–339] 

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: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare Credit 

Balance Reporting Requirements and 

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 

405.371, 405.378 and 413.20; Use: 

Section 1815(a) of the Act authorizes the 

Secretary to request information from 

providers which is necessary to 

properly administer the Medicare 

program. Quarterly credit balance 

reporting is needed to monitor and 

control the identification and timely 

collection of improper payments. The 

information obtained from Medicare 

credit balance reports will be used by 

the contractors to identify and recover 

outstanding Medicare credit balances 

and by Federal enforcement agencies to 

protect Federal funds. The information 

will also be used to identify the causes 

of credit balances and to take corrective 

action. Form Number: CMS–838 (OMB# 

0938–0600); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 

Public: Private sector—business or other 

for-profits; Number of Respondents: 

52,380; Total Annual Responses: 

209,520; Total Annual Hours: 628,560. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact: Milton Jacobsen at 

410–786–7553. For all other issues call 

410–786–1326.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: CROWNWeb 

Authentication Service (CAS) Account 

Form; Form Number: CMS–10267 

(OMB#: 0938–1050); Use: The 

Consolidated Renal Operations in a Web 

Enabled Network (CROWNWeb) 

Authentication Service (CAS) 

application must be completed by any 

person needing access to the 

CROWNWeb system which includes 

CMS employees, ESRD Network 

Organization staff and dialysis facilities 

staff. The CROWNWeb system is the 

system used as the collection point of 

data necessary for entitlement of ESRD 

patients to Medicare benefits and 

Federal Government monitoring and 

assessing of quality and type of care 

provided to renal patients. The data 

collected in CAS will provide the 

necessary security measures for creating 

and maintaining active CROWNWeb 

user accounts and collection of audit 

trail information required by the CMS 

Information Security Officers (ISSO). 

Frequency: Reporting—One-time; 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit; Number of 

Respondents: 15,600; Total Annual 

Responses: 15,600; Total Annual Hours: 

7,800. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact: Michelle Tucker 

at 410–786–0376. For all other issues 

call 410–786–1326.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare 

Provider Cost Report Reimbursement 

Questionnaire; Use: Form CMS–339 

must be completed by all providers that 

submit full cost reports to the Medicare 

intermediary under Title XVIII of the 

Social Security Act. It is designed to 

answer pertinent questions about key 

reimbursement concepts found in the 

cost report and to gather information 

necessary to support certain financial 

and statistical entries on the cost report. 

The questionnaire is used by the 

Medicare intermediaries as a tool to 

help them arrive at a prompt and 

equitable settlement of all of the various 

types of provider cost reports (hospitals, 

skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home 

health agencies (HHAs), etc.) and 

sometimes preclude the need for a 

comprehensive on-site audit. Form 

Number: CMS–339 (OMB# 0938–0301); 

Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 

Business or other for-profit and not-forprofit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 38,429; Total Annual 

Responses: 38,429; Total Annual Hours: 


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