[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28837]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-276]


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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Prepaid Health Plan Cost Report;
    Form No.: HCFA-276 (OMB# 0938-0165);
    Use: These forms are needed to establish the reasonable cost 
providing covered services to the enrolled Medicare population of 
Health Maintenance Organizations and Competitive Medical Plans (HMO/
CMP) in accordance with Section 1876 of the Social Security Act and 
Health Care Prepayment Plans (HCPP) in accordance with Section 1833 of 
the Social Security Act;
    Frequency: Quarterly, Annually;
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit;
    Number of Respondents: 62;
    Total Annual Responses: 327;
    Total Annual Hours: 11,600.
    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: October 20, 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. 99-28837 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]
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