[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2289]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations
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 (HHS),
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.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: New; Title of
Information Collection: National Provider System (NPS); Form No.: HCFA-
R-187; Use: HHS is consolidating provider enumeration across programs.
The NPS will be used in program operations and management to assign
provider identification numbers; i.e., billing numbers for claims
processing and payment. It will replace the current Medicare Physician
and Eligibility System and Unique Physician Identifier Number; it will
replace the enumeration functions of the Medicare Online Survey,
Certification and Reporting System, Clinical Laboratories Improvement
Amendments of 1988, and National Supplier Clearing House provider
numbering systems. Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and
State, local or tribal government; Number of Respondents: 45,000; Total
Annual Hours Requested: 23,000. To request copies of the proposed
paperwork collection referenced above, E-mail your request, including
your address, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports Clearance
Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections should be sent 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: January 30, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-2289 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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