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State, local or tribal governments;

Number of Respondents: 1,560; Total

Annual Responses: 1,560; Total Annual

Hours: 390.

5. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Post Laboratory

Survey Questionnaire-Laboratory; Form

No.: HCFA–668B; Use: This survey

provides the laboratory with an

opportunity to evaluate the survey

process. The form is completed in

conjunction with the HCFA form 668A.

This information will help HCFA

evaluate the entire survey process from

the laboratory’s prospective; Frequency:

Biennially; Affected Public: Business or

other for profit, not for profit

institutions, Federal government and

State, local or tribal governments;

Number of Respondents: 1,560; Total

Annual Responses: 1,560: Total Annual

Hours: 390.

Total Annual Hours: 390.

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], or to obtain the

supporting statement and any related

forms, 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 60 days of this notice directly to

HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Management Planning and

Analysis Staff, Attention: John Burke,

Room C2–26–17, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: June 13, 1996.

Kathleen B. Larson,

Director, Management Planning and Analysis

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), 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 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 Collection

Request: Revision of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Medicare

Current Beneficiary Survey: Round-16 ;

Form No.: HCFA–P–15A; Use: The

Office of the Actuary, HCFA, proposes

to supplement the questionnaire and

sample for the September, 1996 Round16 of the Medicare Current Beneficiary

Survey (MCBS) to facilitate comparisons

of the experiences of beneficiaries using

managed care and those in the fee-forservice medical care delivery system.

The MCBS, is a national survey of

persons served by Medicare, used to

support policy and research by

measuring use and cost of services,

sources of payment, insurance coverage,

health status, access, satisfaction and

other information; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Individuals and

households; Number of Respondents:

1,900; Total Annual Hours: 1,900.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms, 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 should be sent

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: June 13, 1996.

Kathleen B. Larson,

Director, Management Planning and Analysis

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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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, is publishing the

following summary of proposed

collections for public comment.

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: Reinstatement, with change, of

a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Criteria for

Medicare Coverage of Heart Transplants;

Form No.: HCFA-R–106; Use: Medicare

participating hospitals must file an

application to be approved for coverage

and payment of heart transplants

performed on Medicare beneficiaries.

Frequency: Annually; Affected Public:

Business or other for-profit; Number of

Respondents: 5; Total Annual

Responses: 5; Total Annual Hours

Requested: 500.

To request copies of the proposed

paperwork collections referenced above,

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 Planning and

Analysis Staff, Attention: Louis Blank,

Room C2–26–17, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850.

Dated: June 11, 1996.

Kathleen B. Larson,

Director, Management Planning and Analysis

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources.

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