[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9844-9845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4928]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-216]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
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 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: Procedures for
Advisory Opinions Concerning Physician Referrals and Supporting
Regulations in 42 CFR 411.370 through 411.389; Form No.: HCFA-R-216
(OMB# 0938-0714); Use: Section 4314 of Public Law 105-33, in
establishing section 1877(g)(6) of the Act, requires the Department to
provide advisory opinions to the public regarding whether a physician's
referrals for certain designated health services are prohibited under
the other provisions in section 1877 of the Act. These regulations
provide the procedures under which members of the public may request
advisory opinions from HCFA. Because all requests for advisory opinions
are purely voluntary, respondents will only be required to
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provide information to us that is relevant to their individual
requests; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions, Business or other for-profit, and Individuals and
Households; Number of Respondents: 200; Total Annual Responses: 200;
Total Annual Hours: 2,000.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
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, 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, Information Technology Investment Management
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis Blank,
Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: February 18, 1998.
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. 98-4928 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]
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