[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28916-28917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13208]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-224]


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 Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Collection of 
Managed Care Data Using the Uniform Institutional Providers Form (HCFA-
1450/UB-92) and Supporting Statute section 1853(a)(3) of the Balanced 
budget Act of 1997; Form No.: HCFA-R-224 (OMB No. 0938-0711); Use: 
Section 1853(a)(3) of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) requires 
Medicare+Choice organizations, as well as eligible organizations with 
risk-sharing contracts under section 1876, to submit encounter data. 
Data regarding inpatient hospital services are required for periods 
beginning on or after July 1, 1997. These data may be collected 
starting January 1, 1998. Other data (as the Secretary deems necessary) 
may be required beginning July 1, 1998.
    The BBA also requires the Secretary to implement a risk adjustment 
methodology that accounts for variation in per capita costs based on 
health status. This payment method must be implemented no later than 
January 1, 2000. The encounter data are necessary to implement a risk 
adjustment methodology.
    HCFA continues to require hospital inpatient encounter data from 
Medicare+Choice organizations to

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develop and implement a risk adjustment payment methodology as required 
by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
    Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions, and Federal government; Number of 
Respondents: 211; Total Annual Responses: 1,353,500; Total Annual 
Hours: 6,533.
    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: Dawn Willinghan, HCFA-R-224, Room N2-
14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: May 17, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-13208 Filed 5-24-01; 8:45 am]
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