Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28741]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-253 and HCFA-R-251]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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.
    (1) Type of Information Request: Extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Call-Back Survey of Callers to the 
Medicare+Choice Toll-free Line.
    Form Number: HCFA-R-253 (OMB approval #: 0938-0737).
    Use: The primary purpose of the call-back survey is to obtain 
information from callers about their satisfaction with the 
Medicare+Choice toll-free line. This information will be used to 
identify problems and make recommendations for ways of improving the 
service provided through the Medicare+Choice toll-free line.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,050.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,050.
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 175 hours.
    (2) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Medicare & You Bounce Back Survey 
Form.
    Form No.: HCFA-R-251 (OMB# 0938-0740).
    Use: The primary purpose of the bounce back form is to provide HCFA 
feedback from users of the Medicare+Choice handbook. The information 
collected through the bounce back form will be used in conjunction with 
other information collected in the States piloting Medicare & You to 
make revisions for future publications of the Medicare & You, 
Medicare+Choice handbook.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Businesses or other 
For-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 9,855.
    Total Annual Responses: 9,855.
    Total Annual Hours: 986.
    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 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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: October 20, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-28741 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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