[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17154]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-227]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    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 this 
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: Research and 
Analytic Support for Implementing Performance Measurement in Medicare 
Fee for Service; Form No.: HCFA-R-227 (OMB# 0938-0718); Use: As 
required by the Balanced Budget Act (BBA), Section 1851(d), the Health 
Care Financing Administration (HCFA) needs to develop comparable 
performance measures for Fee For Service (FFS) Medicare. This project 
will enable HCFA to evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of FFS 
services purchased. HCFA may potentially disseminate this information 
to Medicare beneficiaries so that they may make informed health care 
choices; Frequency: Biennially; Affected Public: Individuals or 
Households, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, 
Farms, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government; 
Number of Respondents: 6,670; Total Annual Responses: 6,670; Total 
Annual Hours: 2,223.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's 
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail 
your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and 
HCFA document identifier, 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: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 22, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-17154 Filed 6-26-98; 8:45 am]
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