[Federal Register: March 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 57)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-10033]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
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: Data Collection to Support Policy
Analysis of Choices Offered to Medicare+Choice Enrollees and Choices
Made by Enrollees.
Form No.: HCFA-10033 (OMB# 0938-NEW).
Use: The purpose of this information collection is to collect data
from Medicare+Choice (M+C) organizations regarding choices that
Medicare beneficiaries make as M+C enrollees. Information will be
collected regarding enrollment and benefits, particularly for
employment-connected individuals and will help HCFA fully evaluate the
effectiveness of the M+C program. All Medicare Managed Care
organizations will be surveyed.
Frequency: Other: One-time.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Total Annual Responses: 200.
Total Annual Hours: 1,600.
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: Dawn Willinghan (HCFA-10033), Room N2-
14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: March 13, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-7188 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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