[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32320]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-320]


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: Reinstatement, without 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Corrective Action Plan 
(Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control); Form No.: HCFA-320; Use: 
Medicaid eligibility quality control (MEQC) is a State-administered 
system designed to improve the management of the Medicaid program and 
reduce the level of misspent Medicaid funds. Each month, States select 
a sample of Medicaid cases from their inventory of eligible cases and 
conduct QC reviews to determine the accuracy of the eligibility 
determinations. This Corrective Action Plan allows HCFA to determine 
the types of corrective actions used by States. Sound and effective 
corrective actions used by one State to correct causes of errors and 
reduce erroneous Medicaid payments are shared with other States 
experiencing the same types of error-causing problems. Frequency: 
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses: 51; Total Annual Hours: 
20,400.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, 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, Information Technology 
Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Attention: John Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: December 2, 1997
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-32320 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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