97-26158. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 51669-51670]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-26158]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
    Health Care Financing Administration
    [HCFA-382]
    
    
    Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
    Review; Comment Request
    
    AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
        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
    
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    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: Extension of a currently 
    approved collection; Title of Information Collection: ESRD Beneficiary 
    Selection and Supporting Regulations Contained in 42 CFR 414.330; Form 
    No.: HCFA-382 (OMB# 0938-0372); Use: ESRD facilities have each new home 
    dialysis patient select one of two methods to handle Medicare 
    reimbursement. The intermediaries pay for the beneficiaries selecting 
    Method I and the carriers pay for the beneficiaries selecting Method 
    II. This system was developed to avoid duplicate billing by both 
    intermediaries and carriers. Frequency: Other (One time only); Affected 
    Public: Individuals or Households, Business or other for-profit, and 
    Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 3,100; Total Annual 
    Responses: 3,100; Total Annual Hours: 259.
        To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
    for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, 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 must be mailed within 30 days of this notice directly to 
    the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
    Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
    Washington, D.C. 20503.
    
        Dated: September 24, 1997.
    John P. Burke III,
    HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
    Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
    Enterprise Standards.
    [FR Doc. 97-26158 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4120-03-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
10/02/1997
Department:
Health Care Finance Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
97-26158
Pages:
51669-51670 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
HCFA-382
PDF File:
97-26158.pdf