94-11819. Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance

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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Health Care Financing Administration
    
     
    
    Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the 
    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance
    
    AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
        The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Department of 
    Health and Human Services (HHS), has submitted to OMB the following 
    proposals for the collection of information in compliance with the 
    Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 96-511).
        1. Type of Request: Revision; Title of Information Collection: 
    Medicare Uniform Institutional Provider Bill; Form No.: HCFA-1450; Use: 
    The 1450 is a claim form completed by institutional providers for 
    inpatient and outpatient services. All intermediary processed Medicare 
    claims are billed on the HCFA-1450; Frequency: On occasion; 
    Respondents: State or local governments; Estimated Number of Responses: 
    100,168,729; Average Hours Per Response: 5-9 minutes; Total Estimated 
    Burden Hours: 3,590,518.
        2. Type of Request: New; Title of Information Collection: Hospice 
    Survey and Deficiencies Report; Form No.: HCFA-643; Use: In order to 
    participate in the Medicare program, a hospice must meet certain 
    Federal health and safety conditions of participation. This form will 
    be used by State surveyors to record data about a hospice's compliance 
    with these conditions of participation in order to initiate the 
    certification or recertification process. This request includes the 
    recently revised Hospice Interpretive Guidelines used as the basis for 
    the instructions for the form; Frequency: Annually; Respondents: State 
    or local governments, Federal agencies or employees; Estimated Number 
    of Responses: 1,200; Average Hours Per Response: 2.5; Total Estimated 
    Burden Hours: 3,000.
        3. Type of Request: Extension; Title of Information Collection: 
    Requirement to Disclose Health Maintenance Organization (HMOs) 
    Financial Information to Members; Form No.: HCFA-R-97; Use: HMOs are 
    required to disclose specific information to members, potential 
    members, employees, and contractors. This rule specifies what 
    information can be disclosed; Frequency: Annually; Respondents: 
    Businesses or other for profit, nonprofit organizations; Estimated 
    Number of Responses: 380; Average Hours Per Response: .5; Total 
    Estimated Burden Hours: 190.
        4. Type of Request: Reinstatement; Title of Information Collection: 
    Hospital Request for Certification in the Medicare/Medicaid Program; 
    Form No.: HCFA-1514; Use: Section 1861 of the Social Security Act 
    requires hospitals to be certified to participate in the Medicare/
    Medicaid program. These providers must complete the Hospital Request 
    for Certification on the Medicare/Medicaid program form which concerns 
    information collection requirements and their uses; Frequency: 
    Annually; Respondents: State or local governments; Estimated Number of 
    Responses: 2,548; Average Hours Per Response: .25; Total Estimated 
    Burden Hours: 637.
        Additional Information or Comments: Call the Reports Clearance 
    Office on (410) 966-5536 for copies of the clearance request packages. 
    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 3001, Washington, DC 20503.
    
        Dated: May 4, 1994.
    John A. Streb,
    Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
    and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
    [FR Doc. 94-11819 Filed 5-13-94; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4120-03-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
05/16/1994
Department:
Health Care Finance Administration
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Document Number:
94-11819
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Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: May 16, 1994