[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13658]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-141]
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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information
Collection Requirements Contained in the Medicaid Termination of
Enrollment Regulation 42 CFR 434.27; Form No.: HCFA-R-141, OMB-0938-
0572; Use: The termination of enrollment contract requirements, as
referenced in 42 CFR 434.27 allow States, through contracts with
Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), to restrict disenrollment
from an MCO up to a one year period. However, Medicaid beneficiaries
are allowed to disenroll during the period for good cause. Frequency:
On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of
Respondents: 8,406,945; Total Annual Responses: 8,406,945; Total Annual
Hours: 1.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, 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
Information Services, Information Technology Investment Management
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: John Rudolph,
Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: May 12, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-13658 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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