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

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-197]

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;

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(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. HCFA-R-197 Type of Information Collection Request: New

collection; Title of Information Collection: Maximizing the Effective

Use of Telemedicine: A study of the Effects, Cost Effectiveness and

Utilization Patterns of Consultations via Telemedicine.''; Form No.:

HCFA-R-197; Use: The major objective of this study is to evaluate the

medical and cost effectiveness of three different categories of

telemedicine services; Frequency: Other (periodically); Affected

Public: Individuals and households, Business or other for profit, not

for profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 1819; Total Annual

Responses: 11,095; Total Annual Hours: 1,564.

To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms,

E-mail your request, including your address and phone number, to

P[email protected], 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: August 26, 1996.

Edwin J. Glatzel,

Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial

and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.

[FR Doc. 96-22547 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]

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