[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 40706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19388]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-227]


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: Research and 
Analytic Support for Implementing Peformance Measurement in Medicare 
Fee for Service; Form No.: CMS-R-227 (OMB# 0938-0718); Use: As required 
by the Balanced Budget Act (BBA), Section 1851(d), the Health Care 
Financing Administration (HCFA) needs to develop comparable performance 
measures for Fee For Service (FFS) Medicare. This project will enable 
HCFA to evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of FFS services 
purchased. HCFA may potentially disseminate this information to 
Medicare beneficiaires so that they may make informed health care 
choices; Frequency: Biannually; Affected Public: Individuals or 
households, business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, 
farms, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government;
    Number of Respondents: 6,670;
    Total Annual Responses: 6,670;
    Total Annual Hours: 2,223.
    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, Information Technology Investment Management 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: Melissa 
Musotto, Room: N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 
21244-1850.

Julie Boughn,
Acting HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information 
Services, Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division 
of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-19388 Filed 8-2-01; 8:45 am]
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