[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 204 (Thursday, October 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 56656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28344]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0153]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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: Drug Utilization
Review and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 456.700, 456.705, 456.709,
456.711, and 456.712; Form No.: HCFA-R-153, HCFA-R-153a (OMB# 0938-
0659); Use: These information collection requirements are necessary to
establish patient profiles in pharmacies, identify problems in
prescribing and/or dispensing, determine each program's ability to meet
minimum standards required for Federal financial participation, and
ensure quality pharmaceutical care for Medicaid patients. State
Medicaid agencies that have prescription drug programs are required to
perform prospective and retrospective drug use review in order to
identify aberrations in prescribing, dispensing and/or patient
behavior; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government, Business or other for-profit, and Not for profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 50; Total Annual Responses: 50;
Total Annual Hours: 655,067.
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 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: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503
Dated: October 15, 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. 98-28344 Filed 10-21-98; 8:45 am]
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