[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45266-45267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21556]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-718-721]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
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 this
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: Business Proposal Formats for
Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Organizations (PROs).
Form No.: HCFA-718-721 (OMB# 0938-0579).
Use: The information collected on these forms by current Peer
Review Organizations (PROs) and other bidders will provide HCFA with
the necessary information to evaluate their contract proposals. This
information will satisfy the need for meaningful, consistent, and
verifiable data. With this data, HCFA will be able to compare the costs
reported by the PROs on the cost reports to the proposed costs noted on
the business proposal forms.
Frequency: Other: Tri-Annually.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Total Annual Responses: 20.
Total Annual Hours: 535.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail
your
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request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and HCFA
document identifier, 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: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: August 10, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-21556 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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