[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9082]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-207]


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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Evaluation of Five State Health Care Reform 
Demonstrations and the Evaluation of the Medicaid State Health Reform 
Demonstrations; Form No.: HCFA-R-207; Use: These evaluations will 
investigate health care reform in ten states that will implement or 
have implemented demonstration programs using Medicaid Section 1115 
waivers. The surveys will gather information to answer questions 
regarding access to health care, quality of care delivered, 
satisfaction with health services, and the use and cost of health 
services. The surveys will be administered to Medicaid eligible and 
newly covered enrollees and eligible and near-eligible non-enrollees. A 
subsample of survey respondents will be SSI recipients and other 
disabled people who have participated in demonstrations for at least a 
year. Quality of care surveys will be administered to Medicaid 
enrollees who have diabetes and to parents of children in the Medicaid 
program who have pediatric asthma. Frequency: (Other) one time for most 
respondents; Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of 
Respondents: 60,483; Total Annual Responses: 60,691; Total Annual 
Hours: 18,267.
    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 C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: April 1, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-9082 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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