[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 164 (Thursday, August 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43373-43374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21424]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[HCFA-0301]


Submitted for Collection of Public Comment: Submission for OMB 
Review

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Care Financing 
Administration (HCFA), Department of Health and Human Services, has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following 
proposals for the collection of information. 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

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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.
    1. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; 
Title of Information Collection: Certification of Medicaid Eligibility 
Quality Control (MEQC) Payment Error Rates and supporting regulations 
42 CFR 431.802-822 and 42 CFR 431.865; Form No.: HCFA-301; Use: This 
certification is the new form by which States will report their MEQC 
payment error rate findings. This form represents aggregate data which 
were formerly collected through the Integrated Review Schedule. 
Regulations 42 CFR 431.802-822 and 42 CFR 431.865 requires the States 
to submit this data in the MEQC program; Frequency: Semi-annually; 
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government; Number of 
Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses: 102; Total Annual Hours: 
22,515.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection referenced 
above, E-mail your request, including your address, to 
P[email protected], or call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-
1326. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent within 60 days of this notice directly to 
the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 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.

    Dated: August 14, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-21424 Filed 8-21-96; 8:45 am]
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