[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 189 (Thursday, September 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24918]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-10000]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, DHHS. 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 Request: Extension of a currently approved 
collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Consumer 
Assessment Survey of Health Plan Survey (CAHPS)--Fee for Service; HCFA 
Form Number: HCFA-10000 (OMB approval #: 0938-0796); Use: Under the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997, HCFA is required to provide general and 
plan comparative information to beneficiaries that will help them make 
more informed health plan choices. A CAHPS fee for service survey is 
needed to provide information comparable to those data collected from 
the CAHPS managed care survey; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 
Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 168,000; Total Annual 
Responses: 134,400; Total Annual Burden Hours: 44,800.
    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 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 N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 20, 2000.
John P. Burke III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-24918 Filed 9-27-00; 8:45 am]
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