[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45266-45267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21556]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-718-721]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Business Proposal Formats for 
Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations (PROs).
    Form No.: HCFA-718-721 (OMB# 0938-0579).
    Use: The information collected on these forms by current Peer 
Review Organizations (PROs) and other bidders will provide HCFA with 
the necessary information to evaluate their contract proposals. This 
information will satisfy the need for meaningful, consistent, and 
verifiable data. With this data, HCFA will be able to compare the costs 
reported by the PROs on the cost reports to the proposed costs noted on 
the business proposal forms.
    Frequency: Other: Tri-Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Total Annual Responses: 20.
    Total Annual Hours: 535.
    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

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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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: August 10, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-21556 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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