[Federal Register: April 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 75)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-316]

 
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: Reinstatement, with change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; 
Title of Information Collection: Medicaid, Integrated Quality Control 
Review Manual instructions and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 431.800, 
42 CFR 431.865; Form No.: HCFA-316 OMB #0938-0094; Use: The Integrated 
Quality Control Review requirements are designed to collect quality 
control (QC) data captured during the course of all QC reviews in Food 
Stamps (FS) and Medicaid programs, and formerly included data from the 
Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC). Though States are not 
required to adopt integrated sampling, States are required to perform 
QC reviews for each Federal assistance program: FS and Medicaid, the 
optional integrated worksheet used for record keeping purposes is 
designed to be flexible for use in fully integrated, partially 
integrated, or separate QC program reviews. The primary objective of 
the Quality Control program is to measure, identify, and reduce the 
level of misspent Medicaid funds as a result of erroneous eligibility 
determinations. Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public: State, Local or 
Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 21; Total Annual Responses: 
21; Total Annual Hours: 1.
    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.


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    Dated: April 3, 1998.
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. 98-10348 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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