66 FR 27 pg. 9587 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 27Page: 9587
Docket number: [Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0299]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-3232 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: Health and Human Services Department
Sub Agency: Health Care Financing Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0299]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY:
Health Care Financing Administration, DHHS.
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.
Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: A Project to Develop an Outcome-Based Continuous Quality Improvement System for PACE; Form No.: HCFA-R-0299 (OMB #0938-0791); Use: The purpose of this project is to develop an out-come based continuous quality improvement (OBCQI) approach for the PACE program by (a) developing and testing potential outcome measures, (b) testing risk adjustment methods so that each site's outcomes can be appropriately evaluated, and (c) designing an OBCQI approach to improve quality in a systematic, evolutionary manner. Findings from this project are intended to guide the possible implementation of a national approach for OBCQI, in which PACE sites will collect data that will be used to determine and profile participant outcomes for their site; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, Individuals or households; Number of Respondents: 8,298; Total Annual Responses: 93,970; Total Annual Hours: 21,692.04.
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 http://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: Julie Brown, HCFA-R-0299,Room N2-14-26,7500 Security Boulevard,Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: January 18, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,Security and Standards Group,Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-3232 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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