[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 231 (Thursday, November 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 71325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30506]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier:HCFA-R-204]


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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Data Collection for the Second 
Generation Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-204 (OMB# 0938-0709);
    Use: The data collected under this effort will be used to support 
the operational needs of the Congressionally-mandated Second Generation 
of the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration. The 
purpose of the data collections is to collect the necessary data 
elements from members of the treatment group for the risk-adjusted S/
HMO--payment methodology, and to gather information from members of the 
treatment group to enable the participating S/HMO-II site to identify 
high-risk beneficiaries and more appropriately target the clinical and 
social resources of the S/HMO model.
    Frequency: On occasion, and Annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Number of Respondents: 40,393.
    Total Annual Responses: 69,717.
    Total Annual Hours: 32,917.
    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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#144475647166637b667f547c7772753a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6f6c7d6c3d4d1c9d4cde6cec5c0c788c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>, 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, DC 20503.

    Dated: November 17, 2000.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-30506 Filed 11-29-00; 8:45 am]
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