Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 15 / Monday, January 24, 2000 / Notices 3725

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: December 28, 1999.

John Parmigiani,

Manager, HCFA Office of Information

Services, Security and Standards Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration.

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–0262]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration

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: Reinstatement, with change, of

a previously approved collection for

which approval expired; Title of

Information Collection: The Adjusted

Community Rate Proposal (ACRP) M+C

Plan Benefit Package and Supporting

Regulations in 42 CFR 417.401, 22.1–

422.10, 422.50–422.80, 422.100–

422.132, 422.300–422.312, 422.400–

422.404, and 422.560–422.622; Form

No.: HCFA–R–0262 (OMB# 0938–0763);

Use: The plan benefit package data will

be used to approve managed care

organization benefits, approve adjusted

community rate pricing packages, and

support both managed care organization

and HCFA beneficiary information

campaign and marketing efforts.

Respondents include any M+C

organization that intends to offer an

M+C plan in calendar years 2001–2003.

This collection will also allow the

HCFA to provide a totally automated

submission and review capability,

replace text with data format, establish

a standard set of benefit descriptions/

definitions, provide a framework to

describe benefits, reduce variation in

benefit descriptions, and eliminate the

need to validate Medicare Compare

data; Frequency: Annual; Affected

Public: Business or other for-profit, and

Not-for-profit institution; Number of

Respondents: 300; Total Annual

Responses: 300; Total Annual Hours:

900.

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 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: January 7, 2000.

John Parmigiani,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Health Resources

and Services Administration (HRSA)

publishes abstracts of information

collection requests under review by the

Office of Management and Budget, in

compliance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). To request a copy of the

clearance requests submitted to OMB for

review, call the HRSA Reports

Clearance Office on (301) 443–1129.

The following request has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for review under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995:

Proposed Project: Assessment of the

Impact of the National Practitioner

Data Bank—NEW

Under the Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA),

Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), the

Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) is

planning to conduct a survey to obtain

information on the degree of user

satisfaction with the National

Practitioner Data Bank’s (NPDB)

querying and reporting processes, how

users believe these processes can be

improved, and how users perceive the

usefulness of information they obtained

from the NPDB for licensing and

credentialing of health care entities, e.g.

managed care organizations, State

licensing boards for physicians and

dentists, and professional societies. The

study will also identify and survey non

user entities. The information obtained

in this study will be interpreted in

relation to similar information from

previous studies conducted by the DQA

and the Office of the Inspector General.

The estimated response burden is as

follows:

Questionnaire version Number of

respondents

Responses per

respondent Total responses Hours perresponse

Total burden

hours

Users Survey

Reporting:

Hospital ........................................................................ 1031 1 1031 .25 257.8

Group Practice ............................................................. 210 1 210 .25 52.5

HMOs ........................................................................... 161 1 161 .25 40.3

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Questionnaire version Number of

respondents

Responses per

respondent Total responses Hours perresponse

Total burden

hours

State Boards ................................................................ 81 1 81 .25 20.3

Malpractice Payers ...................................................... 188 1 188 .25 47.0

Professional Societies .................................................. 67 1 67 .25 16.8

Other ............................................................................ 209 1 209 .25 52.3

Querying:

Hospital ........................................................................ 770 1 770 .4 308

Group Practice ............................................................. 173 1 173 .4 69.2

HMOs ........................................................................... 153 1 153 .4 61.2

State Boards ................................................................ 74 1 74 .4 29.6

Malpractice Payers ...................................................... * .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Professional Societies .................................................. 66 1 66 .4 26.4

Other ............................................................................ 184 1 184 .4 73.6

Match Responses:

Hospital ........................................................................ 770 2.6 2002 .33 660.7

Group Practice ............................................................. 173 2.8 484.4 .33 159.9

HMOs ........................................................................... 153 2.2 336.6 .33 111.1

State Boards ................................................................ 74 2.2 162.8 .33 53.7

Malpractice Payers ...................................................... * .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Professional Societies .................................................. 66 2.0 132 .33 43.6

Other ............................................................................ 184 1.9 349.6 .33 115.4

Non-Users Survey

Version/Entity Type:

Hospital ........................................................................ ........................ .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Group Practice ............................................................. 113 1 113 .1 11.3

HMOs ........................................................................... 151 1 151 .1 15.1

State Boards ................................................................ ........................ .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Malpractice Payers ...................................................... ........................ .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Professional Societies .................................................. 113 1 113 .1 11.3

Other ............................................................................ 113 1 113 .1 11.3

Total Users ................................................................... 2,366 .......................... 6,834 .......................... 2,199

Total Non-Users ........................................................... 490 .......................... 490 .......................... 49

Total Users and Non-Users .................................. 2,856 .......................... 7,324 .......................... 2,248

* Cannot query the NPDB; thus these entities do not receive querying or match response questionnaires.

**These are the unduplicated numbers of entities required for the surveys.

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Wendy A. Taylor, Human Resources

and Housing Branch, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: January 14, 2000.

James J. Corrigan,

Associate Administrator for Management and

Program Support.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of February 2000.

Name: National Advisory Council on the

National Health Service Corps (NHSC).

Date and Time:

February 10–11, 2000; 9 a.m.–noon.

February 12, 2000; 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

February 13, 2000; 9 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Place: Bethesda Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pooks

Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Phone:

(301) 897–9400.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda: Items will include updates on the

NHSC and Scholarships and Loan

Repayments program; Health Professional

Shortage Areas (HPSA) designations; and a

report from the Philadelphia field office. The

Council will be attending the Capitol Area

Rural Health Roundtable on Thursday,

February 10, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A

site visit will be on Friday, February 11.

Transportation for the public will not be

available.

For further information, call Ms. Eve

Morrow, Division of National Health Service

Corps, at (301) 594–4144.

Dated: January 14, 2000.

Jane M. Harrison,

Director, Division of Policy Review and

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 00–1532 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory body scheduled to meet

during the month of February 2000.

The National Advisory Committee on

Rural Health will convene its thirtyfourth meeting at the time and place

specified below:

Name: National Advisory Committee on

Rural Health.

Date and Time:

February 7, 2000; 8:30 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

February 8, 2000; 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.