[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14720-14721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7857]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-225]
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
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(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: Medicare Physician Communication Survey; Form
No.: HCFA-R-225; Use: This is a request for clearance for a survey of
physicians to determine their information needs regarding Medicare and
Medicaid issues. The survey will provide information for HCFA's Office
of Strategic Planning, Research & Evaluation Group, Division of Payment
Research to support a communication strategy for physicians treating
Medicare beneficiaries. It is part of a larger effort of market
research aimed at understanding the communication needs of HCFA
providers and other partners. This information will answer two
questions on physicians' preferences to help guide HCFA's communication
strategy: (1) what information physicians want from HCFA, and (2) how
physicians want to receive such information. This survey is designed to
provide data that will help answer and prioritize these questions.
Frequency: One time; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 650; Total Annual Responses: 650; Total Annual
Hours: 217.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, 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: March 17, 1998.
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. 98-7857 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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