[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62063-62064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30471]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-219]


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

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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: End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Managed Care 
Demonstration Evaluation; Form No.: HCFA-R-219; Use: This demonstration 
is congressionally mandated under the Social Health Maintenance 
Organization (SHMO) requirements. This evaluation will demonstrate the 
effectiveness of integrating acute and chronic care patients with ESRD 
through expanded community care case management services, using 
innovative approaches to financing methodologies and benefit design. 
Frequency: Other 0,12, and 30 months; Affected Public: Business or 
other for-profit, Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 
5,365; Total Annual Responses: 5,365; Total Annual Hours: 4,431.
    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:
    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: November 12, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-30471 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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