[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8370-8371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3949]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0299]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    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

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Collection: A Project to Develop an Outcome-Based Continuous Quality 
Improvement System for PACE; Form No.: HCFA-R-0299 (OMB# 0938-NEW); 
Use: The purpose of this project is to develop an out-come based 
continuous quality improvement (OBCQI) approach for the PACE program by 
(a) developing and testing potential outcome measures, (b) testing risk 
adjustment methods so that each site's outcomes can be appropriately 
evaluated, and (c) designing an OBCQI approach to improve quality in a 
systematic, evolutionary manner. A nine-month field test of data 
collection using the draft OBCQI data set and protocols will result in 
the refinement of data items and protocols as appropriate. Findings 
from this project are intended to guide the possible implementation of 
a national approach for OBCQI, in which PACE sites will collect data 
that will be used to determine and profile participant outcomes for 
their site; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Not-for-profit 
institutions and Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 
8,298; Total Annual Responses: 26,402; Total Annual Hours: 7,203.
    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: February 3, 2000.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-3949 Filed 2-17-00; 8:45 am]
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