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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Notices CAHPS data to CMS. CMS publicly reports comparative results from OAS
CAHPS after each facility has conducted data collection for 12 months. OAS
CAHPS measures, enable consumers to make more informed decisions when choosing an outpatient surgery facility, aid facilities in their quality improvement efforts, and help CMS
monitor the performance of outpatient surgery facilities. Form Number: CMS
10500 OMB control number: 0938
1240; Frequency: Once; Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Business or other for-profits, Not-forprofit institutions and State, Local and Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 993,300; Total Annual Responses: 993,300; Total Annual Hours: 221,100. For policy questions regarding this collection contact Memuna Ifedirah at 4107866849.
Dated: July 26, 2021.
William N. Parham, III, Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services CMS is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
PRA, federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agencys functions, the accuracy of
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William Parham at 410 7864669.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA
44 U.S.C. 35013520, federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget OMB for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. The term collection of information is defined in 44 U.S.C.
35023 and 5 CFR 1320.3c and includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506c2A of the PRA 44 U.S.C.
3506c2A requires federal agencies to publish a 30-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice that summarizes the following proposed collections of information for public comment:
1. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection Request for a new OMB control number; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Beneficiary Experiences with Care Survey MBECS System; Use: The MBECS system is designed to conduct population specific surveys that will be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Document Identifier: CMS10701 and CMS
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Comments on the collections of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by August 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain . Find this particular information collection by selecting Currently under 30-day ReviewOpen for Public Comments or by using the search function.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed collections summarized in this notice, you may make your request using one of following:
1. Access CMS website address at website address at: https
www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/
PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

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administered to the group of interest, fielded one time. This means that over the three-year period, two individual surveys will be administered. This will allow CMS OMH to respond quickly to the data needs of stakeholders with interests in these underrepresented groups. Data collected through the MBECS system will be used to better understandand thus serve the needs ofMedicare beneficiaries in minority populations. The core questionnaire will collect information on communication with medical professionals, coordination of health care, experiences getting needed health care, experiences with personal doctors and specialists, and key demographics.
Data will be compared to benchmarks from the FFS CAHPS, MA CAHPS, and NAM CAHPS surveys. The populationspecific questionnaire module described and submitted via a specific collection request will collect information about issues most relevant for that particular group of interest.
The goal of this umbrella data collection effort is to gather data via separate surveys on a variety of minority Medicare beneficiaries experiences.
Topics and questions of interest may ask about beneficiaries communication with medical professionals, coordination of health care, experiences getting needed health care, and experiences with personal doctors and specialists. CMS OMH will compare survey data to benchmarks from the general population of Medicare beneficiaries while controlling for population characteristics, as appropriate.
Survey respondents will have the opportunity to respond to an MBECS
survey via a self-administered webbased survey also called computerassisted web interview or CAWI. CAWI
technology minimizes respondent burden by 1 automatically providing text fills within questions and handling skip patterns based on responses to each question; 2 allowing respondents to complete the survey at a convenient time; 3 allowing respondents to stop and re-enter the survey if needed; and 4 capturing data in real-time, thereby eliminating the need for manual data entry. Form Number: CMS10701 OMB
Control number: 0938New; Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public: Individuals and Households; Number of Respondents: 13,000; Total Annual Responses: 13,000; Total Annual Hours:
4,290 For policy questions regarding this collection contact Luis Pons Perez at 4107868557.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved information collection; Title
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