[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50521-50522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24270]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0286]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
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: Extension; Title of
Information
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Collection: Collection of Assessment Information on the HCFA website:
www.medicare.gov/nmep; Form No.: HCFA-R-0286 (OMB# 0938-0773); Use: The
purpose of the bounceback forms is to provide feedback to HCFA. The
information collected through the bounceback form will be used in
conjunction with other information collected about the web sites
through focus groups and interviews with members of the Alliance
Network. The combined information will guide future improvements to the
web sites. There is no plan to disseminate the information, other than
through public health, medical, or other professional journals, in
which we may report the results; Frequency: Users will have the
opportunity to complete the bounceback form whenever they exit the web
site; Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for
profit, and Not for profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 49,300;
Total Annual Responses: 49,300; Total Annual Hours: 5,752.
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 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, Information Technology Investment Management
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: Julie Brown,
Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: September 9, 1999.
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. 99-24270 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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