[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22964]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-207]
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: 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: 33,693; Total Annual Responses: 34,035; Total Annual
Hours: 10,279.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, 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 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, D.C. 20503.
Dated: August 11, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services,
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-22964 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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