[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 62680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30028]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-30]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission For OMB
Review; Comment Request
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, has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following
proposal 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; (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: Extension of a currently
approved collection;
Title of Information Collection: Information Collection
Requirements in the Hospice Care Regulation, 42 CFR 418.22, 418.24,
418.28, 418.56, 418.58, 418.70, 418.74, 418.83, 418.96 and 418.100;
Form No.: HCFA-R-30;
Use: These Information Collection Requirements establish standards
for hospices who wish to participate in the Medicare program. The
regulations establish standards for eligibility, reimbursement
standards and procedures, and delineate conditions that hospices must
meet to be approved for participation in Medicare.
Frequency: On occasion;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit
institutions;
Number of Respondents: 2,275;
Total Annual Responses: 2,275;
Total Annual Hours Requested: 6,042,834.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 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
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: November 1, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Manager, HCFA, Office of Information Services, Security and Standards
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-30028 Filed 11-16-99; 8:45 am]
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