96-6468. Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 11214-11215]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-6468]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
    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, 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.
    
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        Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
    approved collection.
        Title of Information Collection: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) and 
    Skilled Nursing Facility Health Care Complex Cost Report.
        Form No.: HCFA-2540.
        Use: The Skilled Nursing Facility and Skilled Nursing Facility 
    Health Care Complex Cost Report is the cost report to be used by 
    freestanding SNFs to submit annual information to achieve a settlement 
    of costs for health care services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries.
        Frequency: Annually.
        Affected Public: Business or other for profit, not for profit 
    institutions, and State, local, or tribal government.
        Number of Respondents: 7,000.
        Total Annual Responses: 7,000.
        Total Annual Hours Requested: 1,372,000.
        To request copies of the proposed paperwork collections 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: March 11, 1996.
    Kathleen B. Larson,
    Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
    and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
    [FR Doc. 96-6468 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4120-03-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
03/19/1996
Department:
Health and Human Services Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
96-6468
Pages:
11214-11215 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-6468.pdf