[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 237 (Monday, December 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64913-64914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31145]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-3070G-I]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
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, is
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the
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.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without
change; Title of Information Collection: Intermediate Care Facility for
the Mentally Retarded or Persons with Related Conditions Survey Report
Form and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR Sections 431, 435, 440, 442 and
483, Subpart I ; Form No.: HCFA 3070G-I; Use: The survey form and
supporting regulations are needed to ensure provider compliance. In
order to participate in the Medicaid program as an Intermediate Care
Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR), providers must meet
Federal standards. The survey report form is used to record providers'
compliance with the individual standard and report it to the Federal
Government. Frequency: annually; Affected Public: Business or other
for-profit, Not for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Govt.;
Number of Respondents: 7200; Total Annual Responses: ,7200; Total
Annual Hours: 6,074,370.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Current
Beneficiary Survey Supplement-Round 18; Form No.: HCFA-P-15A; Use: The
Office of the Actuary, HCFA, conducts the Medicare Current Beneficiary
Survey (MCBS) through personal interviews of a random sample of
Medicare beneficiaries. When sampled persons are found to reside in a
long-term care facility, interviewers use a version of the
questionnaire which is specially designed to obtain data about the
beneficiary's health care from knowledgeable staff members. We are
preparing to convert the facility interview from a hardcopy
questionnaire to a Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
format beginning in May, 1997. CAPI, which we are currently using in
the community interviews, increases the accuracy of the interview
process by automating skip patterns, customizing questions, creating
computed variables such as a time line of residence history, and
automatically checking completeness and consistency of responses.
Concurrently, we are modifying some of the questions we currently use
in the facility interview to make them more comparable to those in
other surveys, particularly the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
(MEPS). These modifications are responsive to the President's
initiative toward consistency and integration among surveys; Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public:; Number of Respondents: 1,900; Total Annual
Responses: 1,900; Total Annual Hours: 1,900.
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To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's WEB SITE ADDRESS
at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or to obtain the supporting
statement and any related forms, E-mail your request, including your
address and phone number, to P[email protected], or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention:
John Rudolph, Room C2-25-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: December 2, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-31145 Filed 12-6-96; 8:45 am]
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