[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 57902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27986]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0298]
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; Title of Information
Collection: Evaluation of New Medicare Members of Medicare+Choice
Plans; Form No.: HCFA-R-0298 (OMB# 0938-New); Use: The objective of
this survey is to understand the special information needs of new
Medicare members, their sources of information, their preferred
distribution channels, their understanding of the traditional Medicare
program and their understanding of their particular +Choice plan, and
the impact National Medicare Education Program activities may have on
new members' decisions to choose a +Choice plan or change their plan;
Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals; Number of
Respondents: 3000; Total Annual Responses: 3000; Total Annual Hours:
1212.
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 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 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: October 18, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Acting, HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise
Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-27986 Filed 10-26-99; 8:45 am]
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