[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5786]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-219]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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, has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following
proposal 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.
Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: End Stage Renal Disease 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.
The ESRD Managed Care Demonstration and evaluation will fulfill the
SHMO legislative requirements described in this package. 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: 4,540.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, or 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 on or before April 6, 1998 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 3, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services,
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-5786 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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