[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4538-4539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2277]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-644]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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, has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following 
proposal for the collection of information. 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Intake and Assessment survey 
package for the Community Nursing Organization Demonstration; Form No.: 
HCFA-644; Use: The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987 section 4079 
requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a 
demonstration project, testing capitated payment for community nursing 
and ambulatory care services (primarily Medicare-covered home health 
services, medical devices and durable medical equipment, and certain 
ambulatory care) provided to Medicare beneficiaries by community nurse 
organization sites. This aspect of the demonstration is aimed at 
replacing the multiple payment mechanisms, such as reasonable cost, 
predetermined fee schedules, and usual, customary, and

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prevailing costs, which exist currently; Frequency: Annually; Affected 
Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 11,300; 
Total Annual Responses: 11,300; Total Annual Hours: 6385.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, 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 30 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, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 23, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-2277 Filed 1-29-97; 8:45 am]
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