Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request,
[Federal Register: December 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 242)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed New Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
The Administration on Aging (AoA), Department of Health and Human Services, proposes to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for the collection of information in compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 96-511):
Title of Information Collection: Operation Restore Trust Grantee Reports.
Type of Request: New.
Use: To collect, on a one-time basis, data and information concerning best practices for recruiting, training, and maintaining staff and volunteers to build community coalitions, promote awareness and stimulate action designed to combat and prevent waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As part of a nation-wide partnership of public and private agencies and organizations, AoA funds grants through two mechanisms, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (Pub. L. 104-191) and the Health Care Anti- Fraud Waste and Abuse Community Volunteer Program authorized in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriation Act of 1997.
These two sets of projects provide education, training, and other services to build community coalitions, promote awareness, and stimulate action on the part of staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries to identify and report
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potential cases of inappropriate billing and other improper activity in the nation's publicly financed health insurance programs.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for the performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Data will be from all of the AoA-funded sites receiving funding in Fiscal Year 1999 and later years. The analysis of the data will help to determine best practices for reducing health care waste, fraud, and abuse. The types of reporting forms, the number of respondents to each form and the hourly and cost burdens are detailed in the following table.
Number of Responses/
Hours/ Annual burden Annual burden clients
client
response
hours
cost
Staff Interview.................
30
1
1
30
$750 Trainee Interview...............
100
1
0.5
50
$1500
Total.......................
130 .............. ..............
80
$2250
Frequency: One time.
Additional Information or Comments: The AoA announced reporting specifications for the proposed format in the Federal Register on February 23, 1999. There were no responses to the 60-day notice.
To request more information concerning the proposed projects, or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call Dr. Kenton Williams at (202) 619-3951. Written comments and recommendations regarding the proposed information collection requirements should be sent within 30 days of the publication of this notice to the following address: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Allison Eydt, OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: December 2, 1999. Jeanette C. Takamura, Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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