[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 216 (Monday, November 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60356-60357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29960]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-250]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
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 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: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Resident Assessment MDS Data and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
413.343 and 424.32.
Form No.: HCFA-R-250 (OMB# 0938-0739).
Use: Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF's) are required to submit
Resident Assessment Data as described at 42 CFR, 483.20 in the manner
necessary to administer the payment rate methodology described in 42
CFR, 413.337. Pursuant to sections 4204(b) and 4214(d) of OBRA 1987,
the current requirements related to the submission and retention of
resident assessment data for the 5th, 30th and 60th days following
admission, necessary to administer the payment rate methodology
described in 413.337, is subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Frequency: Monthly.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 17,000.
Total Annual Responses: 204,000.
Total Annual Hours: 3,865,885.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the
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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, phone number, OMB number, and HCFA
document identifier, 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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: November 2, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-29960 Filed 11-6-98; 8:45 am]
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