98-28344. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request  

  • [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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Document Information

Published:
10/22/1998
Department:
Health Care Finance Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-28344
Pages:
56656-56656 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0153
PDF File:
98-28344.pdf