[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22964]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-207]


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: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Evaluation of Five State Health Care Reform 
Demonstrations and the Evaluation of the Medicaid State Health Reform 
Demonstrations; Form No.: HCFA-R-207; Use: These evaluations will 
investigate health care reform in ten states that will implement or 
have implemented demonstration programs using Medicaid Section 1115 
waivers. The surveys will gather information to answer questions 
regarding access to health care, quality of care delivered, 
satisfaction with health services, and the use and cost of health 
services. The surveys will be administered to Medicaid eligible and 
newly covered enrollees and eligible and near-eligible non-enrollees. A 
subsample of survey respondents will be SSI recipients and other 
disabled people who have participated in demonstrations for at least a 
year. Quality of care surveys will be administered to Medicaid 
enrollees who have diabetes and to parents of children in the Medicaid 
program who have pediatric asthma. Frequency: (Other) one time for most 
respondents; Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of 
Respondents: 33,693; Total Annual Responses: 34,035; Total Annual 
Hours: 10,279.
    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 P[email protected], 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 HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
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.

    Dated: August 11, 1997.
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. 97-22964 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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