[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10346]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-P-11]


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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Home 
Health Quality Assurance Demonstration and Supporting Regulations 42 
CFR 484.48; Form No.: HCFA--P-11, OMB # 0938-0519; Use: Do to the 
accelerated growth in the home health Care industry, the Health Care 
Financing Administration (HCFA) has indentified a need to measure the 
effectivness of home health services by analyzing patient outcomes. The 
Medicare Home Health Quality Assurance Demonstration will test the 
feasability of collecting patient outcome data in Medicare-certified 
Home Health Agencies (HHAs) nationally. Frequency: On occasion; 
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, business or other for-
profit, and individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 35,905; 
Total Annual Responses: 99,825; Total Annual Hours: 7,697.
    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 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: April 9, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-10346 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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