[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8035]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0021]
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: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Withholding Medicare Payments to Recover
Medicaid Overpayments and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 447.31; Form
No.: HCFA-R-0021 (OMB# 0938-0287); Use: Overpayments may occur in
either the Medicare and Medicaid program, at times resulting in a
situation where an institution or person that provides services owes a
repayment to one program while still receiving reimbursement from the
other. Certain Medicaid providers which are subject to offsets for the
collection of Medicaid overpayments may terminate or substantially
reduce their participation in Medicaid, leaving the State Medicaid
Agency unable to recover the amounts due. These information collection
requirements give HCFA the authority to recover Medicaid overpayments
by offsetting payments due to a provider under the program; Frequency:
On occasion; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government;
Number of Respondents: 54; Total Annual Responses: 27; Total Annual
Hours: 81.
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, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis Blank, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: March 25, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-8035 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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