[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42638-42639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21275]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-237]


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: 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: 7,840; Total Annual Responses: 
7,840; Total Annual Hours: 5,580.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork

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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: July 23, 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. 98-21275 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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