[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3328]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-10029]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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 collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Medicare Program Integrity Customer Service 
Project; Form No.: HCFA-10029 (OMB# 0938-NEW); Use: Medicare's 
Integrity Program seeks to improve customer service provided to 
beneficiaries and providers. The study's purpose is to identify 
baseline satisfaction with Program Integrity efforts, to prioritize 
improvement areas, and to identify potential service delivery changes 
that can be implemented by HCFA or its contractors. Respondents include 
beneficiaries whose billing questions were transferred to Fraud, and 
providers who have been through enrollment, medical review, or cost 
report audit; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Individuals or 
households, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 5,250; Total Annual Responses: 5,250; Total 
Annual Hours: 782. 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, 
HCFA 10029, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 
21244-1850.

    Dated: January 25, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-3328 Filed 2-8-01; 8:45 am]
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