[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19255]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-P0015S]
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: Medicare Current
Beneficiary Survey: National Baseline Medicare Beneficiary Knowledge
Supplement; Form No.: HCFA-P-0015S; Use: This survey will establish
baseline measures of Medicare beneficiary knowledge/understanding of
the Medicare program, their new choices legislated under the Balanced
Budget Act (BBA) which will allow HCFA to quantify current knowledge
and attribute future changes in their understanding and knowledge to
HCFA information and education initiatives. Frequency: Biennially;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents:
16,000; Total Annual Responses: 16,000; Total Annual Hours: 2,667.
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, Security and Standards Group,
Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: John Rudolph, Room
C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: July 9, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,
Security and Standards Group, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-19255 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]
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