[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1603]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration.

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0262]


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: Reinstatement, with change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval expired; Title 
of Information Collection: The Adjusted Community Rate Proposal (ACRP) 
M+C Plan Benefit Package and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 417.401, 
22.1-422.10, 422.50-422.80, 422.100-422.132, 422.300-422.312, 422.400-
422.404, and 422.560-422.622; Form No.: HCFA-R-0262 (OMB# 0938-0763); 
Use: The plan benefit package data will be used to approve managed care 
organization benefits, approve adjusted community rate pricing 
packages, and support both managed care organization and HCFA 
beneficiary information campaign and marketing efforts. Respondents 
include any M+C organization that intends to offer an M+C plan in 
calendar years 2001-2003.
    This collection will also allow the HCFA 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, 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: 900.
    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. 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: January 7, 2000.
John Parmigiani,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-1603 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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