[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10233-10234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5246]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Proposed Collection: IHS Contract Health Service Report; Request
for Public Comment, 30 Days
SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to
review and approve the information collection listed below. This
proposed information collection project was published in the August 4,
1997, Federal Register (62 FR 41967) and allowed 60 days for public
comment. No public comment was received in response to the notice. The
purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment to be
submitted to OMB.
PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 09-17-0002, ``IHS Contract Health Service
Report''. Type of Information Collection Request: Three year
reinstatement, with change, of previously approved information
collection, 09-17-002, ``IHS Contract Health Service Report'' which
expired 12/31/97. Form Number: IHS-843-1A, ``Purchase-Delivery Order
for Health Service.'' Need and Use of Information Collection: The
Contract Health Service health care providers complete form IHS-843-1A
to certify that they have performed the health
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services authorized by the IHS. The information is used to manage,
administer, and plan for the provision of health services to eligible
American Indian patients, process payments to providers, obtain program
data, provide program statistics, and, serves as a legal document for
health care services rendered. Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit, Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and State, local
or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents: health care providers. Table
1 below provides: Data collection instruments, Estimated number of
respondents, Number of responses per respondent, Average burden hour
per response, and Total annual burden hour.
Table 1
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Estimated
Data collection instrument number of Responses per Annual number Average burden hours per response* Total annual
respondents respondent of responses burden hours
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IHS-843-1A..................................... 9,115 43 393,416 0.05 (3 mins).......................... 19,670
IDS**.......................................... 21,797 1 21,797 0.05 (3 mins).......................... 3,175
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
**Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS).
There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance
Costs to report.
Request for Comments
Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more
of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function and whether the
IHS processes the information collected in a useful and timely fashion;
(b) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (this is the amount of
time needed for individual respondents to provide the requested
information) and the methodology and assumptions used to determine the
estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information being collected; and (d) ways to minimize the public burden
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain
a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s),
contact: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance
Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852.1601,
or call non-toll free (301) 443-1116 or send via facsimile to (301)
443-1522, or send your E-mail requests, comments, and return address
to: lhodahkw@hqe.ihs.gov.
Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before
April 1, 1998.
Dated: February 19, 1998.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director.
[FR Doc. 98-5246 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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