[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1114-1115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-382]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-304A]
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
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techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the
information collection burden.
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Reconciliation of
State Invoice and Prior Quarter Adjustment Statement; Form No.: HCFA-
304A; Use: In response to a need for improved data exchange between
drug labelers and States, HCFA, in conjunction with outside
consultants, developed the Reconciliation of State Invoice (ROSI), form
HCFA-304, and the Prior Quarter Adjustment Statement (PQAS), form HCFA-
304A. The ROSI is to to be used by Drug Labelers when responding to
State invoices of current quarter utilization data only and functions
as a reconciliation report to assure accurate rebate payments. The PQAS
is used by labelers to report only on prior quarter actions/payments.
Prior quarter activity includes changes to utilization data submitted
by States, revisions to previously disputed units, and prior period
adjustments (URA changes). Both forms assist in reducing disputes by
standardizing data exchange and improving communication between Drug
labelers and States. Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 365; Total Annual Responses:
1,460; Total Annual Hours: 132,120.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, or to obtain the supporting
statement and any related forms, 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: November 24, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services,
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-382 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
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