35948 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 6, 2000 / Notices

• The history and current status of the

documentation guidelines.

• Our technical assessment of the June

1999 proposed AMA

recommendations.

• Other proposals for revising the

guidelines.

• The proposed study.

• The role of organized medicine and

practicing physicians in commenting

on the guidelines and the study.

• A proposed time line for eventual

implementation of new

documentation guidelines.

• New efforts to improve

responsiveness and service to

physicians.

Registration

If you wish to attend the meeting, you

must register in advance by sending a

fax to the attention of Ms. Martha Dixon,

Office of Professional Relations, at (202)

401–7438 by the date listed in the DATES

section of this notice. Your fax must

include your name, organization,

address, telephone number, and fax

number. Our receipt of your fax will

constitute confirmation of your

registration. If space at the meeting is no

longer available when your fax is

received, you will be notified by phone

that you are on an attendance waiting

list. If space should subsequently

become available, individuals on the

waiting list will be notified in turn.

Written materials will be provided at

the time of the meeting.

Authority: Section 1102 of the Social

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1302).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.774, Medicare—

Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–14163 Filed 6–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS), Health Care

Financing Administration (HCFA).

ACTION: Notice To Delete Three Systems

of Records.

SUMMARY: The Health Care Financing

Administration is deleting three systems

of records from its inventory subject to

the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),

as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The deletions will be

effective on June 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The public should address

comments to: Director, Division of Data

Liaison and Distribution, HCFA, Room

N2–04–27, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. The

telephone number is (410) 786–3673.

Comments received will be available for

review at this location, by appointment,

during regular business hours, Monday

through Friday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,

eastern time zone.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

‘‘Medicare Enrollment Records Statistics

(MERS),’’ System No. 09–70–0006, was

established to study the characteristics

of persons enrolled in the Medicare

program and establish the basis for

Medicare services utilization rates. The

‘‘Health Insurance Enrollment Statistics

(HIES), General Enrollment Period,’’

System No. 09–70–0007 was established

to contact persons eligible for Part B

benefits who had refused or withdrawn

coverage of these benefits, for purposes

of re-enrollment for Part B coverage and

to evaluate results of such contacts. The

‘‘Medicare Beneficiary Correspondence

Files (MBC),’’ System No. 09–70–0509

was established to maintain and track

correspondence in a HCFA component

that no longer exist. All of these systems

are being deleted from HCFA’s

inventory because they are no longer

used. Retention and destruction of the

data contained in these systems has

been in accordance with the retention

and disposal schedules listed in the

system notice.

Deletions

No. 09–70–0006 ‘‘Medicare

Enrollment Records Statistics (MERS),’’

HHS/HCFA/BDMS;

No. 09–70–0007 ‘‘Health Insurance

Enrollment Statistics (HIES), General

Enrollment Period,’’ HHS/HCFA/BDMS.

No. 09–70–0509 ‘‘Medicare

Beneficiary Correspondence Files

(MBC),’’ HHS/HCFA/BPO;

Dated: May 26, 2000.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–14071 Filed 6–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–U

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

for opportunity for public comment on

proposed data collection projects

(section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United

States Code, as amended by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13), the Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA)

publishes periodic summaries of

proposed projects being developed for

submission to OMB under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To

request more information on the

proposed project or to obtain a copy of

the data collection plans and draft

instruments, call the HRSA Reports

Clearance Officer on (301) 443–1129.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper 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.

Proposed Project: Drug Pricing Program

Reporting Requirements (OMB No.

0915–0176)

Extension—Section 602 of Public Law

102–585, the Veterans Health Care Act

of 1992, enacted section 340B of the

Public Health Service Act (PHS Act),

‘‘Limitation on Prices of Drugs

Purchased by Covered Entities.’’ Section

340B provides that a manufacturer who

sells covered outpatient drugs to eligible

entities must sign a pharmaceutical

pricing agreement with the Secretary of

Health and Human Services in which

the manufacturer agrees to charge a

price for covered outpatient drugs that

will not exceed an amount determined

under a statutory formula.

Covered entities which choose to

participate in the section 340B drug

discount program must comply with the

requirements of section 340B(a)(5) of the

PHS Act. Section 340B(a)(5)(A)

prohibits a covered entity from

accepting a discount for a drug that

would also generate a Medicaid rebate.