[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13575]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-237]


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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Multi-State Evaluation of Dual Eligibles 
Demonstration; Form No.: HCFA-R-237 OMB #0938-NEW; Use: This survey 
provides information needed to evaluate dual eligible demonstrations on 
issues of satisfaction and gather health and functional status to be 
used in other analyses. Dual eligible demonstrations provide HCFA the 
opportunity to determine whether changes in payment and reimbursement 
and alternative ways to provide health services results in better 
coordination, increased satisfaction, and improved outcomes of those 
eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. Respondents to the survey 
include demonstration enrollees both living in the community and in 
institutions, their families, disenrollees and corresponding comparison 
groups.
    Frequency: One time submission; Affected Public: Individuals or 
Households; Number of Respondents: 2,900; Total Annual Responses: 
2,900; Total Annual Hours: 2,106.
    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: May 11, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-13575 Filed 5-20-98; 8:45 am]
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