[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 2907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1110]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-253 & HCFA-R-251]


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.
    (1) Type of Information Request: Extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Call-Back Survey of Callers to the 
Medicare+Choice Toll-free Line.
    Form Number: HCFA-R-253 (OMB approval #: 0938-0737).
    Use: The primary purpose of the call-back survey is to obtain 
information from callers about their satisfaction with the 
Medicare+Choice toll-free line. This information will be used to 
identify problems and make recommendations for ways of improving the 
service provided through the Medicare+Choice toll-free line.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,050.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,050.
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 175 hours.
    (2) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Medicare & You Bounce Back Survey 
Form.
    Form No.: HCFA-R-251 (OMB# 0938-0740).
    Use: The primary purpose of the bounce back form is to provide HCFA 
feedback from users of the Medicare+Choice handbook. The information 
collected through the bounce back form will be used in conjunction with 
other information collected in the States piloting Medicare & You to 
make revisions for future publications of the Medicare & You, 
Medicare+Choice handbook.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Businesses or other 
For-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 9,855.
    Total Annual Responses: 9,855.
    Total Annual Hours: 986.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 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: December 29, 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. 99-1110 Filed 1-15-99; 8:45 am]
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