[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 1114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-383]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-225]


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: Medicare Physician Communication Survey; Form 
No.: HCFA-R-225; Use: This is a request for clearance for a survey of 
physicians to determine their information needs regarding Medicare and 
Medicaid issues. The survey will provide information for HCFA's Office 
of Strategic Planning, Research & Evaluation Group, Division of Payment 
Research to support a communication strategy for physicians treating 
Medicare beneficiaries. It is part of a larger effort of market 
research aimed at understanding the communication needs of HCFA 
providers and other partners. This information will answer two 
questions on physicians' preferences to help guide HCFA's communication 
strategy: (1) what information physicians want from HCFA, and (2) how 
physicians want to receive such information. This survey is designed to 
provide data that will help answer and prioritize these questions. 
Frequency: One time; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; 
Number of Respondents: 650; Total Annual Responses: 650; Total Annual 
Hours: 217.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, or 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, 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 30, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-383 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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