[Federal Register: January 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 5)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-304A]

 
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

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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: Reconciliation of 
State Invoice and Prior Quarter Adjustment Statement; Form No.: HCFA-
304A; Use: In response to a need for improved data exchange between 
drug labelers and States, HCFA, in conjunction with outside 
consultants, developed the Reconciliation of State Invoice (ROSI), form 
HCFA-304, and the Prior Quarter Adjustment Statement (PQAS), form HCFA-
304A. The ROSI is to to be used by Drug Labelers when responding to 
State invoices of current quarter utilization data only and functions 
as a reconciliation report to assure accurate rebate payments. The PQAS 
is used by labelers to report only on prior quarter actions/payments. 
Prior quarter activity includes changes to utilization data submitted 
by States, revisions to previously disputed units, and prior period 
adjustments (URA changes). Both forms assist in reducing disputes by 
standardizing data exchange and improving communication between Drug 
labelers and States. Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or 
other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 365; Total Annual Responses: 
1,460; Total Annual Hours: 132,120.
    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 OMB Desk 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: November 24, 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. 98-382 Filed 1-7-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4120-03-M