[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 204 (Thursday, October 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 56656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28344]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0153]


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: Drug Utilization 
Review and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 456.700, 456.705, 456.709, 
456.711, and 456.712; Form No.: HCFA-R-153, HCFA-R-153a (OMB# 0938-
0659); Use: These information collection requirements are necessary to 
establish patient profiles in pharmacies, identify problems in 
prescribing and/or dispensing, determine each program's ability to meet 
minimum standards required for Federal financial participation, and 
ensure quality pharmaceutical care for Medicaid patients. State 
Medicaid agencies that have prescription drug programs are required to 
perform prospective and retrospective drug use review in order to 
identify aberrations in prescribing, dispensing and/or patient 
behavior; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 
Government, Business or other for-profit, and Not for profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 50; Total Annual Responses: 50; 
Total Annual Hours: 655,067.
    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, D.C. 20503

    Dated: October 15, 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. 98-28344 Filed 10-21-98; 8:45 am]
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