Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,
[Federal Register: January 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 11)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-253 & HCFA-R-251]
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 (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.
(1) Type of Information Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title of Information Collection: Call-Back Survey of Callers to the Medicare+Choice Toll-free Line.
Form Number: HCFA-R-253 (OMB approval #: 0938-0737).
Use: The primary purpose of the call-back survey is to obtain information from callers about their satisfaction with the Medicare+Choice toll-free line. This information will be used to identify problems and make recommendations for ways of improving the service provided through the Medicare+Choice toll-free line.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 1,050.
Total Annual Responses: 1,050.
Total Annual Hours Requested: 175 hours.
(2) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title of Information Collection: Medicare & You Bounce Back Survey Form.
Form No.: HCFA-R-251 (OMB# 0938-0740).
Use: The primary purpose of the bounce back form is to provide HCFA feedback from users of the Medicare+Choice handbook. The information collected through the bounce back form will be used in conjunction with other information collected in the States piloting Medicare & You to make revisions for future publications of the Medicare & You, Medicare+Choice handbook.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Businesses or other For-profit.
Number of Respondents: 9,855.
Total Annual Responses: 9,855.
Total Annual Hours: 986.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 and phone number, 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 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: December 29, 1998. John P. Burke III, HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
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