[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6714-6715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2724]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), has submitted to OMB the following 
proposals for the collection of information in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (Public Law 96-511).
    1. Type of Information Collection: New; Type of Review Requested: 
Regular Submission; Title of Information Collection: Criteria for 
Medicare Coverage of Lung Transplants; Form No.: HCFA-R-170; Use: 
Medicare participating hospitals must file an application to be 
approved for coverage and payment of lung transplants performed on 
Medicare beneficiaries; Respondents: Business or other for profit; 
Total Annual Responses: 15; Number of Respondents: 15; Total Annual 
Hours Requested: 1,800.
    2. Type of Information Collection: New; Type of Review Requested: 
Regular Submission; Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the 
Drug Use Review Demonstrations Projects; Form No.: HCFA-R-171; Use: The 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 mandated drug utilization 
review demonstration projects to test the cost-effectiveness of both 
on-line prospective drug utilization review and payment to pharmacists 
for cognitive services. The survey will determine the attitudes, 
perceptions, and behavior of pharmacists relative to the two services 
mentioned. The survey is necessary to evaluate complex behavorial 
interactions; Respondents: Business or other for profit; Total Annual 
Responses: 670 (owner/manager) and 1,710 (pharmacist); Number of 
Respondents: 670 (owner/manager) and 1,710 (pharmacist); Total Annual 
Hours Requested: 55.61 (owner/manager) and 342.0 (pharmacist).
    3. Type of Information Collection: New; Type of Review Requested: 
Regular Submission; Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the 
Community Supported Living Arrangements Program (CSLA); Form No.: HCFA-
R-172; Use: This survey will collect data on a sample of 240 persons 
receiving Medicaid CSLA services and about the agencies and individuals 
providing those services to them, in order to describe the nature, 
adequacy, cost, and quality of CSLA services, and the extent to which 
these contribute to community inclusion, desired lifestyles, health and 
safety, self-determination, and choice; Respondents: Business or other 
for profit; Total Annual Responses: 720; Number of Respondents: 240; 
Total Annual Hours Requested: 560.
    Additional Information or Comments: Call the Reports Clearance 
Office on (410) 966-5536 for copies of the clearance request packages. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent within 30 days of this notice directly to 
the OMB Desk Officer designated at the following address: OMB Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503

    [[Page 6715]] Dated: January 26, 1995.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-2724 Filed 2-2-95; 8:45 am]
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