[Federal Register: April 27, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 82)]
[Notices]
[Page 24707]
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-0315]
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 Collection Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Collection of Data on Physician Encounters from
Medicare+Choice Organizations; HCFA Form Number: HCFA-R-0315 (OMB#0938-
NEW); 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 or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions; Number of Respondents: 300; Total Annual Responses: 75.6
million; Total Annual 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
you 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, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: April 17, 2000.
John P. Burke, III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of
HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-10478 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am]
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