[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 185 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51073-51074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25507]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


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

    The Department of Health and Human Services, office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the paperwork Reduction act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and 5 CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    1. Study of Medicare Home Health Practice Variations--NEW--The 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation is 
proposing a study which will examine how patient, provider, agency, 
market and regulatory factors affect variations in home health 
practice. A sample of 56 Medicare-certified home health agencies (from 
eight states) will be studied. Within each of these agencies, 30 
patients (with congestive heart failure or diabetes) will be sampled. 
The results will identify agency characteristics and behaviors that are 
related to differences in lengths of stay for patients with similar 
risk factors.--Respondents: For-profit, Non-profit Institutions; Burden 
Information for the Administrator Questionnaire--Number of Respondents: 
56; Burden per Response: 36.2 minutes: Burden: 34

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hours-- Burden Information for the Care Provider Questionnaire--Number 
of Responses: 1680; Burden per Response: .95 hours; Burden: 1596 
hours--Burden Information for Notification of Admission to an Inpatient 
Facility--Number of Responses: 1680; Burden per Response: 1.9 minutes; 
Burden: 54 hours--Burden Information for Care Provider Profile--Number 
of Responses: 280; Burden per Response: 2.5 minutes; Burden: 12 hours--
Burden Information for Focus Groups--Number of Responses: 56; Burden 
per Response: 122.21 minutes; Burden: 114 hours--Burden Information for 
Case Studies--Number of Responses: 8; Burden per Response: 60 minutes; 
Burden: 8 hours--Total Burden: 1818 hours. OMB Desk Officer: Allison 
Eydt
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Officer on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designated 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue S.W., Washington DC, 20201. Written comments should be received 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: September 16, 1998.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 98-25507 Filed 9-23-98; 8:45 am]
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