The form HCFA-64, Quarterly Medicaid
Statement of Expenditures for the Medical Assistance Program, has
been used since January 1980 by the Medicaid State agencies to
report their actual program benefit costs and administrative
expenses to the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). HCFA
uses this information to compute the Federal financial
participation (FFP) for the State's Medicaid Program costs. The
form HCFA-64 has been modified over the years to incorporate
legislative, regulatory, and operational changes.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.