[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14155-14156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7466]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
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 
proposals for the collection of information. 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.

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    1. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; 
Title of Information Collection: Drug Utilization Review (DUR) 
(Medicaid); Form No.: HCFA-R-153 and HCFA-R-153a; Use: This is a 
revision of a currently approved collection of the OMB approved 
requirements on DUR programs that will expire on 9/30/97. The program 
and requirements are the same, but HCFA intends to add survey/
instructions for the annual report. This framework in form HCFA-R153a 
would allow for reports to be more easily prepared by the states while 
also enhancing the usefulness of these reports for analysis and 
comparison by HCFA. Submission of reports has been required by Section 
1927(g) of the Social Security Act; Frequency: Annually; Affected 
Public: State, local, or tribal government; Business or other for 
profit; and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 50; 
Total Annual Responses: 50; Total Annual Hours: 608,400.
    2. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection; 
Title of Information Collection: Systems Performance Review (SPR); Form 
No.: HCFA-R-86; Use: The System Performance Review (SPR) is a vehicle 
used to evaluate State Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) 
to determine whether or not a State system satisfies the functional 
requirements and statistical levels of output relating to accuracy and 
timeliness. This review necessitates the documentation or maintenance 
of specific records; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: State, 
local, or tribal government; Business or other for profit; and Federal 
Government; Number of Respondents: 17; Total Annual Responses: 17; 
Total Annual Hours: 22,100.
    3. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; 
Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Posteligibility Preprint; 
Form No.: HCFA-SP0001; Use: To standardize the display of information 
on the posteligibility process in the State's Medicaid plan. The State 
plan is issued as a basis for Federal financial participation in the 
State program; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: State, local, or 
tribal government; and Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 56; 
Total Annual Responses: 896; Total Annual Hours: 529.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection referenced 
above, E-mail your request, including your address, to 
P<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dabbaabfa8adb5a8b19ab2b9bcbbf4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9effeefbece9f1ecf5def6fdf8ffb0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-
1326. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent within 60 days of this notice directly to 
the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the following 
address: HCFA, Office of Financial and Human Resources, Management 
Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention: Linda Mansfield, Room C2-26-17, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: March 17, 1997
Edwin J. Glatzel
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-7466 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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