[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 231 (Thursday, November 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71324-71325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30508]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-228]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Adjusted Community Rate (ACR) and 
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 422.306, 422.501, and 422.510;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-0228 (OMB# 0938-0742);
    Use: This collection effort will be used to price the M+C plan 
offered to Medicare beneficiaries by an M+C organization. Organizations 
submitting the Adjusted Community Rate form would include all M+C 
organizations plus any organization intending to contract with HCFA as 
a M+C organization. These current M+C organization contractors will be 
required to submit this form no later than May 1, 1999 for the calendar 
year 2000;
    Frequency: Annually;
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions;
    Number of Respondents: 1,200;
    Total Annual Responses: 1,200;
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 114,000.
    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

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[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: Melissa 
Musotto, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 
21244-1850.
    Dated: November 17, 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. 00-30508 Filed 11-29-00; 8:45 am]
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