[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14720-14721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7857]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


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

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(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: 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, 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 30 days of this notice 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: March 17, 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. 98-7857 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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