[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8696]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-226]


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: Evaluation of Medicare Choices Demonstration; 
Form No.: HCFA-R-226; Use: The objective of the evaluation of the 
Medicare Choices Demonstration is to determine whether the newer types 
of managed care delivery systems in the demonstration are effective at 
attracting and retaining Medicare enrollees and providing a high 
quality, cost-effective care. The key research questions HCFA will ask 
Medicare enrollees include: Beneficiary choice, knowledge, and biased 
selection. Why do beneficiaries enroll (or not enroll) in plans? What 
proportion of enrollees disenroll, and why? What is the nature and 
extent of biased selection in the demonstration, and does it vary 
across plans? How well do enrollees understand their plans and the 
rules and procedures for obtaining care? Effects on service use. What 
are the effects of the plans on the use of Medicare-covered services? 
Are some plans more effective at controlling service use than others? 
Effects on Medicare costs. What are the effects of the various payment 
methods being tested in the demonstration on Medicare costs (relative 
to both the AAPCC payment system and the FFS sector)? Effects on 
satisfaction, access, and quality. What are the effects of the plans on 
enrollee satisfaction, access to care, and quality of care? How does 
this vary across plans? Frequency: Other, one time; Affected Public: 
Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 10,000; Total Annual 
Responses: 10,000; Total Annual Hours: 3,880.
    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 24, 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. 98-8696 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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