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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; NHLBI Health 

Information Center’s Revolving 

Customer Satisfaction Survey 

Summary: Under the provisions of 

Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the National 

Heart, Lung and Blood Institute 

(NHLBI), the National Institutes of 

Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request for review and approval of the 

information collection listed below. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on May 7, 2009, page 21372, 

and allowed 60 days for public 

comment. No public comments were 

received. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment. The National Institutes of 

Health may not conduct or sponsor, and 

the respondent is not required to 

respond to, an information collection 

that has been extended, revised, or 

implemented on or after October 1, 

1995, unless it displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Proposed Collection: Title: NHLBI 

Health Information Center’s Revolving 

Customer Satisfaction Survey. Type of 

Information Collection Request: New. 

Need and Use of Information Collection: 

The purpose of this survey is to identify 

those areas in which services provided 

by the NHLBI Health Information Center 

(HIC) to health professionals, patients 

and their families, and the general 

public are outstanding and areas where 

improvements are needed. That 

information will be used to formulate 

programs, processes, training, and 

enhancements to raise the level of 

customer satisfaction with the services 

provided by the NHLBI HIC. With 

subsequent surveys, data will 

demonstrate whether gains have been 

made in areas for improvement and if 

new customer needs must be addressed. 

Frequency of Response: Twice a year. 

Affected Public: Individuals. Type of 

Respondents: Individuals who contact 

the NHLBI HIC by telephone or e-mail 

during each 1-month data collection 

period. The annual reporting burden is 

as follows: Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 99; Estimated Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1; Average 

Burden Hours Per Response: 0.05; and 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 

Requested: 9.9. The annualized cost to 

respondents is estimated at: $242.15. 

There are no Capital Costs, Operating 

Costs, and/or Maintenance Costs to 

report. 

Type of respondent 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Annual 

frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden hours 

requested 

General Public ................................................................................................. 43 2 0.05 4.3 

Private Companies .......................................................................................... 14 2 0.05 1.4 

Public Sector Groups ....................................................................................... 13 2 0.05 1.3 

Health Professionals ........................................................................................ 29 2 0.05 2.9 

Totals ............................................................................................................... 99 ........................ ........................ 9.9 

Request for Comments: Written 

comments and/or suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies are invited 

on one or more of the following points: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the function of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Direct Comments to OMB: Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the item(s) contained in this notice, 

especially regarding the estimated 

public burden and associated response 

time, should be directed to the: Office 

of Management and Budget, Office of 

Regulatory Affairs, 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov or by 

fax to 202–395–6974, Attention: Desk 

Officer for NIH. To request more 

information on the proposed project or 

to obtain a copy of the data collection 

plans and instruments, contact: Dr. Ann 

M. Taubenheim, Principal Investigator, 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood 

Institute, Office of Communications and 

Legislative Activities, NIH, 31 Center 

Drive, Building 31, Room 4A10, 

Bethesda, MD 21045, or call non-tollfree number 301–496–4236 or e-mail 

your request, including your address, to 

taubenha@nhlbi.nih.gov. 

Comments Due Date: Comments 

regarding this information collection are 

best assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of the date of 

this publication. 

Dated: July 17, 2009. 

Ann M. Taubenheim, 

Principal Investigator, NHLBI. 

[FR Doc. E9–17730 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10178] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

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 & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) 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 


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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: Medicaid and 

Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP) 

Managed Care; Use: The Payment Error 

Rate Measurement (PERM) program 

measures improper payments for 

Medicaid and the State Children’s 

Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The 

program was designed to comply with 

the Improper Payments Information Act 

(IPIA) of 2002 and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

guidance. Although OMB guidance 

requires error rate measurement for 

SCHIP, 2009 SCHIP legislation 

temporarily suspended PERM 

measurement for this program and 

changed to Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (CHIP) effective April 01, 2009. 

See Children’s Health Insurance 

Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 

(CHIPRA) Public Law 111–3 for more 

details. 

There are two phases of the PERM 

program, the measurement phase and 

the corrective action phase. PERM 

measures improper payments in 

Medicaid and CHIP and produces State 

and national-level error rates for each 

program. The error rates are based on 

reviews of Medicaid and CHIP fee-forservice (FFS) and managed care 

payments made in the Federal fiscal 

year under review. States conduct 

eligibility reviews and report eligibility 

related payment error rates also used in 

the national error rate calculation. CMS 

created a 17 State rotation cycle so that 

each State will participate in PERM 

once every three years. 

The information collected from the 

selected States will be used by Federal 

contractors to conduct Medicaid and 

CHIP managed care data processing 

reviews on which State-specific error 

rates will be calculated. The quarterly 

capitation payments will provide the 

contractor with the actual claims to be 

sampled. The managed care contracts, 

rate schedules, and updates to both, will 

be used by the Federal contractor when 

conducting the managed care claims 

reviews. Form Number: CMS–10178 

(OMB#: 0938–0994); Frequency: 

Reporting—Occasionally; Affected 

Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

governments; Number of Respondents: 

34; Total Annual Responses: 2,040; 

Total Annual Hours: 28,050. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Nicole Perry at 410–786–8786. 

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 

at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 

e-mail 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. 

In commenting on the proposed 

information collections please reference 

the document identifier or OMB control 

number. To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by September 22, 2009: 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

your comments electronically to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) accepting comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number, Room C4–26–05, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: July 16, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–17604 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10184] 

Emergency Clearance: Public 

Information Collection Requirements 

Submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) 

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 (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 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. 

We are, however, requesting an 

emergency review of the information 

collection referenced below. In 

compliance with the requirement of 

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we have 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) the following 

requirements for emergency review. We 

are requesting an emergency review 

because the collection of this 

information is needed before the 

expiration of the normal time limits 

under OMB’s regulations at 5 CFR part 

1320(a)(2)(ii). This is necessary to 

ensure compliance with an initiative of 

the Administration. We cannot 

reasonably comply with the normal 

clearance procedures because of an 

unanticipated event, as stated in 5 CFR 

1320.13(a)(2)(iii). The Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 

is requesting that an information 

collection request (ICR) for the Payment 

Error Rate Measurement (PERM) and 

Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control 

(MEQC), be processed under the 

emergency clearance process. Approval 

of this package is essential in order to 

comply with the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program Reauthorization Act 

(CHIPRA). CHIPRA requires CMS to 

give States in a year that they are 

participating in PERM the option to 

substitute MEQC data to complete the 

requirements of the PERM eligibility 

review and also the option to substitute 

PERM eligibility data to complete the 

requirements of the MEQC review. 

CHIPRA makes the substitution of 

MEQC data effective April 1, 2009 and 

CMS must implement this option 

quickly for States to use. 

In addition, a State in the ongoing 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 cycle has already 

implemented this option but has no 

means to report the data to CMS. CMS 

also has an upcoming cycle for FY 2010 

in which more States will consider 

substituting MEQC data for the coming 

PERM measurement. CMS hopes that 

with an emergency approval of this PRA 

package, the FY 2009 cycle can continue 

and the FY 2010 cycle can begin as 


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