[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9082]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-207]
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 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: Evaluation of Five State Health Care Reform
Demonstrations and the Evaluation of the Medicaid State Health Reform
Demonstrations; Form No.: HCFA-R-207; Use: These evaluations will
investigate health care reform in ten states that will implement or
have implemented demonstration programs using Medicaid Section 1115
waivers. The surveys will gather information to answer questions
regarding access to health care, quality of care delivered,
satisfaction with health services, and the use and cost of health
services. The surveys will be administered to Medicaid eligible and
newly covered enrollees and eligible and near-eligible non-enrollees. A
subsample of survey respondents will be SSI recipients and other
disabled people who have participated in demonstrations for at least a
year. Quality of care surveys will be administered to Medicaid
enrollees who have diabetes and to parents of children in the Medicaid
program who have pediatric asthma. Frequency: (Other) one time for most
respondents; Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of
Respondents: 60,483; Total Annual Responses: 60,691; Total Annual
Hours: 18,267.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's WEB SITE ADDRESS
at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, 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 Financial
and Human Resources, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention:
John Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: April 1, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-9082 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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