[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28343]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[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: Reinstatement, with change,
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired;
Title of Information Collection: ICR in the Hospice Care Regulation for
42 [email protected], 418.24, 418.28, 418.56(b), 418.56(e)(1), 418.56(e)(3),
418.58, 418.70(d), 418.70(e), 418.74, 418.83, 418.96(b) and 418.100(b);
Form No.: HCFA-R-30; Use: The HCFA-R-30 establishes 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: 1,927; Total Annual
Responses: 1,927; Total Annual Hours Requested: 3,977,762.
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, or to obtain the supporting statement and any
related forms, 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 HCFA Paperwork Clearance 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: October 29, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-28343 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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