[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31614-31615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15119]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-204]


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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Data Collection for the Second Generation 
Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration; Form No.: HCFA-R-
204; Use: The data collected under this effort will be used to support 
the operational and evaluation needs of the Congressionally-Mandated 
Second Generation of the Social Health Maintenance Organization 
Demonstration (S/HMO). The S/HMO is designed to integrate health and 
social services and reduce fragmentation of care through better 
coordination and more appropriate use of services. The S/HMO model of 
care combines the features of HMOs with those of long-term-care 
demonstration projects and offers Medicare beneficiaries the 
opportunity to receive a wide range of services to meet both acute and 
long-term-care needs. Frequency: On occasion, Annually; Affected 
Public: Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 157,056; 
Total Annual Responses: 137,271; Total Annual Hours: 133,652.
    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

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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.

    Date: May 19, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-15119 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
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