[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6714-6715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2724]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), has submitted to OMB the following
proposals for the collection of information in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (Public Law 96-511).
1. Type of Information Collection: New; Type of Review Requested:
Regular Submission; Title of Information Collection: Criteria for
Medicare Coverage of Lung Transplants; Form No.: HCFA-R-170; Use:
Medicare participating hospitals must file an application to be
approved for coverage and payment of lung transplants performed on
Medicare beneficiaries; Respondents: Business or other for profit;
Total Annual Responses: 15; Number of Respondents: 15; Total Annual
Hours Requested: 1,800.
2. Type of Information Collection: New; Type of Review Requested:
Regular Submission; Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the
Drug Use Review Demonstrations Projects; Form No.: HCFA-R-171; Use: The
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 mandated drug utilization
review demonstration projects to test the cost-effectiveness of both
on-line prospective drug utilization review and payment to pharmacists
for cognitive services. The survey will determine the attitudes,
perceptions, and behavior of pharmacists relative to the two services
mentioned. The survey is necessary to evaluate complex behavorial
interactions; Respondents: Business or other for profit; Total Annual
Responses: 670 (owner/manager) and 1,710 (pharmacist); Number of
Respondents: 670 (owner/manager) and 1,710 (pharmacist); Total Annual
Hours Requested: 55.61 (owner/manager) and 342.0 (pharmacist).
3. Type of Information Collection: New; Type of Review Requested:
Regular Submission; Title of Information Collection: Evaluation of the
Community Supported Living Arrangements Program (CSLA); Form No.: HCFA-
R-172; Use: This survey will collect data on a sample of 240 persons
receiving Medicaid CSLA services and about the agencies and individuals
providing those services to them, in order to describe the nature,
adequacy, cost, and quality of CSLA services, and the extent to which
these contribute to community inclusion, desired lifestyles, health and
safety, self-determination, and choice; Respondents: Business or other
for profit; Total Annual Responses: 720; Number of Respondents: 240;
Total Annual Hours Requested: 560.
Additional Information or Comments: Call the Reports Clearance
Office on (410) 966-5536 for copies of the clearance request packages.
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
[[Page 6715]] Dated: January 26, 1995.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-2724 Filed 2-2-95; 8:45 am]
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