[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3724-3725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1602]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0298]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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: New; Title of Information 
Collection: Evaluation of New Medicare Members of Medicare+Choice 
Plans; Form No.: HCFA-R-0298 (OMB# 0938-New); Use: The objective of 
this survey is to understand the special information needs of new 
Medicare members, their sources of information, their preferred 
distribution channels, their understanding of the traditional Medicare 
program and their understanding of their particular +Choice plan, and 
the impact National Medicare Education Program activities may have on 
new members' decisions to choose a +Choice plan or change their plan; 
Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals; Number of 
Respondents: 3000; Total Annual Responses: 3000; Total Annual Hours: 
1212.
    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 [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.

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Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections must be mailed within 30 days of this notice directly to 
the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: December 28, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Manager, HCFA Office of Information Services, Security and Standards 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-1602 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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