[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31614-31615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15119]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-204]
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: Data Collection for the Second Generation
Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration; Form No.: HCFA-R-
204; Use: The data collected under this effort will be used to support
the operational and evaluation needs of the Congressionally-Mandated
Second Generation of the Social Health Maintenance Organization
Demonstration (S/HMO). The S/HMO is designed to integrate health and
social services and reduce fragmentation of care through better
coordination and more appropriate use of services. The S/HMO model of
care combines the features of HMOs with those of long-term-care
demonstration projects and offers Medicare beneficiaries the
opportunity to receive a wide range of services to meet both acute and
long-term-care needs. Frequency: On occasion, Annually; Affected
Public: Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents: 157,056;
Total Annual Responses: 137,271; Total Annual Hours: 133,652.
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
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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 30 days of this notice
directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the
following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention:
Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503.
Date: May 19, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-15119 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
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