[Federal Register: March 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 40)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-228]

 
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

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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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Managed Care Adjusted Community 
Rate (ACR) Proposal and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 422.300-
422.312;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-228 (OMB# 0938-0742);
    Use: This collection effort will be used to price the M+C plan 
offered to Medicare beneficiaries by an M+C organization. Organizations 
submitting the Adjusted Community Rate form would include all M+C 
organizations plus any organization intending to contract with HCFA as 
a M+C organization. These current M+C organization contractors will be 
required to submit this form no later than May 1, 1999 for the calendar 
year 2000.;
    Frequency: Annually;
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.;
    Number of Respondents: 500;
    Total Annual Responses: 500;
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 50,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 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, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 9, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-5121 Filed 3-1-99; 8:45 am]
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