[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62063-62064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30471]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-219]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
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, is
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public
comment. 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
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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: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Managed Care
Demonstration Evaluation; Form No.: HCFA-R-219; Use: This demonstration
is congressionally mandated under the Social Health Maintenance
Organization (SHMO) requirements. This evaluation will demonstrate the
effectiveness of integrating acute and chronic care patients with ESRD
through expanded community care case management services, using
innovative approaches to financing methodologies and benefit design.
Frequency: Other 0,12, and 30 months; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit, Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents:
5,365; Total Annual Responses: 5,365; Total Annual Hours: 4,431.
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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address:
HCFA, Office of Information Services, nformation Technology
Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,
Attention: John Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: November 12, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-30471 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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