[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50521-50522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24270]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0286]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
    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; Title of 
Information

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Collection: Collection of Assessment Information on the HCFA website: 
www.medicare.gov/nmep; Form No.: HCFA-R-0286 (OMB# 0938-0773); Use: The 
purpose of the bounceback forms is to provide feedback to HCFA. The 
information collected through the bounceback form will be used in 
conjunction with other information collected about the web sites 
through focus groups and interviews with members of the Alliance 
Network. The combined information will guide future improvements to the 
web sites. There is no plan to disseminate the information, other than 
through public health, medical, or other professional journals, in 
which we may report the results; Frequency: Users will have the 
opportunity to complete the bounceback form whenever they exit the web 
site; Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for 
profit, and Not for profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 49,300; 
Total Annual Responses: 49,300; Total Annual Hours: 5,752.
    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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
Information Services, Information Technology Investment Management 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: Julie Brown, 
Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 9, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-24270 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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