Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 31142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15613]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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 Round-16 of the Medicare Current Beneficiary 
Survey (MCBS) to facilitate comparisons of the experiences of 
beneficiaries using managed care and those in the fee-for-service 
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.
[FR Doc. 96-15613 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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