[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5786]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


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: End Stage Renal Disease 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. 
The ESRD Managed Care Demonstration and evaluation will fulfill the 
SHMO legislative requirements described in this package. 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: 4,540.
    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 on or before April 6, 1998 directly to the 
OMB Desk Officer designated at the following address: OMB Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: February 3, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services, 
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-5786 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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