[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 2907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1110]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-253 & HCFA-R-251]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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, has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following
proposal for the collection of information. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding the 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.
(1) Type of Information Request: Extension of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Information Collection: Call-Back Survey of Callers to the
Medicare+Choice Toll-free Line.
Form Number: HCFA-R-253 (OMB approval #: 0938-0737).
Use: The primary purpose of the call-back survey is to obtain
information from callers about their satisfaction with the
Medicare+Choice toll-free line. This information will be used to
identify problems and make recommendations for ways of improving the
service provided through the Medicare+Choice toll-free line.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 1,050.
Total Annual Responses: 1,050.
Total Annual Hours Requested: 175 hours.
(2) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title of Information Collection: Medicare & You Bounce Back Survey
Form.
Form No.: HCFA-R-251 (OMB# 0938-0740).
Use: The primary purpose of the bounce back form is to provide HCFA
feedback from users of the Medicare+Choice handbook. The information
collected through the bounce back form will be used in conjunction with
other information collected in the States piloting Medicare & You to
make revisions for future publications of the Medicare & You,
Medicare+Choice handbook.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Businesses or other
For-profit.
Number of Respondents: 9,855.
Total Annual Responses: 9,855.
Total Annual Hours: 986.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 and phone number, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call
the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed
within 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB Desk Officer
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Dated: December 29, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-1110 Filed 1-15-99; 8:45 am]
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