[Federal Register: January 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 9)]
[Notices]
[Page 2913]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-315]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, DHHS.
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 Request: Extension of a currently approved
collection; Title of Information Collection: Collection of Data on
Physician Encounters from Medicare+Choice Organizations; Form No.:
HCFA-R-315 (OMB approval #: 0938-0805); Use: HCFA requires physician
encounter data from Medicare+Choice organizations to develop and
implement a risk adjustment payment methodology as required by the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997; Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:
Business and other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 300; Total Annual Responses: 75,600,000; Total Annual
Burden Hours: 938,700.
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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Wendy Taylor, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-1068 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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