[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8450-8451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4633]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-P-15-A]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA),
Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposals 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. HCFA-P-15A Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of
currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Suppliment--Round 18; Form No.:
HCFA-P-15A; Use: The Office of the Actuary, HCFA, conducts the Medicare
Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) through personal interviews of a
random sample of Medicare beneficiaries. When sampled persons are found
to reside in a long-term care facility, interviewers use a version of
the questionnaire which is specially designed to obtain data about the
beneficiary's health care from knowledgeable staff members. We are
preparing to convert the facility interview from a hard-copy
questionnaire to a Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
format,
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beginning in May, 1997. CAPI, which we are currently using in the
community interviews, increases the accuracy of the interview process
by automating skip patterns, customizing questions, creating computed
variables such as a time line of residence history, and automatically
checking completeness and consistency of responses. Concurrently, we
are modifying some of the questions we currently use in the facility
interview to make them more comparable to those in other surveys,
particularly the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). These
modifications are responsive to the President's initiative toward
consistency and integration among surveys; Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public:; Number of Respondents: 1,900; Total Annual Responses:
1,900; Total Annual Hours: 1,900.
To obtain copies of 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 should be sent 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: February 26, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-4633 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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