[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16563-16564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8697]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-174]


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

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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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Quality Assurance 
for Phase II of the Home Agency Prospective Payment Demonstration; Form 
No.: HCFA-R-174, OMB-0938-0675; Use: This instrument will be used to 
collect information to continue monitoring the quality of care provided 
by agencies participating in Phase II of the Home Health Agency 
Prospective Payment Demonstration. Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of 
Respondents: 20,520; Total Annual Responses: 53,352; Total Annual 
Hours: 6,669.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, or 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 25, 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. 98-8697 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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