Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,

[Federal Register: November 2, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 213)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-10017]

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: Follow-Up of Medicare+Choice DisenrolleesReceiving Fee-for- Service Inpatient Hospital Care; Form No.: HCFA-10017 (OMB# 0938-NEW); Use: This study will survey Medicare beneficiaries who had a fee-for- service hospital stay after choosing to leave a Medicare+Choice health plan. The purpose is to gather information about their reasons for disenrolling and to explore the link between the decision to disenroll and their subsequent fee-for-service care; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 600; Total Annual Responses: 600; Total Annual Hours: 650.

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: Julie Brown, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

Date: October 24, 2000. John P. Burke, III, Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

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