[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49016-49017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24726]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-201]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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: Revision of a currently
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approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Managed Care
Organization, Incentive Arrangement Disclosure Form and Supporting
Regulations 42 CFR 417.479, 417.500, 434.44, 434.67, 434.70, 1003.100,
1003.101, 1003.103, 1003.106; Form No.: HCFA-R-201 (OMB # 0938-0700) ;
Use: These forms were created in an extensive cooperative effort with
the American Association of Health Plans, State Medicaid Agency
representatives, and the Medicaid Managed Care Technical Advisory group
to monitor compliance with federal statute and supporting regulations,
governing physician incentives under Medicare and Medicaid managed care
organizations. The currently approved forms and the revised forms being
submitted to OMB for approval are available for inspection on the HCFA
web site, on the Internet, at http://www.hcfa.gov; Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Business or other for profit, not for profit
institutions, state, local or tribal government, and federal
government; Number of Respondents: 450; Total Annual Responses: 450;
Total Annual Hours: 45,000.
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 OMB Desk 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: September 10, 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. 97-24726 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am]
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