[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16563-16564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8697]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-174]
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
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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: Quality Assurance
for Phase II of the Home Agency Prospective Payment Demonstration; Form
No.: HCFA-R-174, OMB-0938-0675; Use: This instrument will be used to
collect information to continue monitoring the quality of care provided
by agencies participating in Phase II of the Home Health Agency
Prospective Payment Demonstration. Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 20,520; Total Annual Responses: 53,352; Total Annual
Hours: 6,669.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, or 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 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: March 25, 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. 98-8697 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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