[Federal Register: March 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 51)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0280]
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 Request: Extension of a currently approved
collection; Title of Information Collection: Medigap Compare; HCFA Form
Number: HCFA-R-0280 (OMB approval #: 0938-0767); Use: HCFA
electronically collects plan-specific Medigap data, including but not
limited to premiums charged and additional benefits offered, from each
insurer offering Medigap plans and provides the data on
www.medicare.gov to assist beneficiaries in obtaining accurate
information on all their health care coverage options; Frequency:
Annually, semi-annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit,
Federal Government, State, Local, or Tribal Government, Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 300; Total Annual Responses: 450;
Total Annual Burden Hours: 75.
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, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Julie Brown, HCFA-R-280, Room N2-14-
26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: March 6, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services, Security and
Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-6385 Filed 3-14-01; 8:45 am]
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