[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49696-49697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25218]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-304A]


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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Reconciliation of 
State Invoice and Prior Quarter Adjustment Statement; Form No.: HCFA-
304A; Use: In response to a need for improved data exchange between 
drug labelers and States, HCFA, in conjunction with outside 
consultants, developed the Reconciliation of State Invoice (ROSI), form 
HCFA-304, and the Prior Quarter Adjustment Statement (PQAS), form HCFA-
304A. The ROSI is to be used by Drug Labelers when responding to State 
invoices of current quarter utilization data only and functions as a 
reconciliation report to assure accurate rebate payments. The PQAS is 
used by labelers to report only on prior quarter actions/payments. 
Prior quarter activity includes changes to utilization data submitted 
by States, revisions to previously disputed units, and prior period 
adjustments (URA changes). Both forms assist in reducing disputes by 
standardizing data exchange and improving communication between Drug 
labelers and States. Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or 
other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 365; Total Annual Responses: 
1,460; Total Annual Hours: 132,120.
    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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address:

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HCFA, Office of Information Services, nformation Technology Investment 
Management Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: 
John Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 15, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-25218 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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