[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55737-55738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26829]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0262]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.

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    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: The Adjusted 
Community Rate Proposal (ACRP) M+C Plan Benefit Package and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 417.401, 422.1-.10, 422.50-.80, 422.100-.132, 
422.300-.312, 422.400-.404, and 422.560-.622; Form No.: HCFA-R-0262 
(OMB #0938-0763); Use: The plan year 2000 pilot collection effort will 
be used to verify that the information collection instrument will 
produce the data HCFA needs to approve M+C plans in the future. 
Respondents include any M+C organization that intends to offer an M+C 
plan in calendar year 2000.
    This collection will also allow the Agency to provide a totally 
automated submission and review capability, replace text with data 
format, establish a standard set of benefit descriptions/definitions, 
provide a framework to describe benefits, reduce variation in benefit 
descriptions, collect benefit information and Medicare Compare data 
with a single instrument, and eliminate the need to validate Medicare 
Compare data.; Frequency: Annual; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit, and Not-for-profit institution.; Number of Respondents: 
300; Total Annual Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours: 600.
    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

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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: Julie Brown, Room N2-15-27, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850

    Dated: October 5, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-26829 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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