[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27303-27304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13158]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-339]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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;
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(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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Provider
Cost Report Reimbursement Questionnaire and Supporting Regulations in
42 CFR 405.465, 405.481, 413.20, and 413.24; Form No.: HCFA-339 (OMB#
0938-0301); Use: The Medicare Provider Cost Report Reimbursement
Questionnaire must be completed by all providers to assist in preparing
an acceptable cost report, to ensure proper Medicare reimbursement, and
to minimize subsequent contact between the provider and its fiscal
intermediary. It is designed to answer pertinent questions about key
reimbursement concepts found in the cost report and to gather
information necessary to support certain financial and statistical
entries on the cost report. In addition, it provides an audit trail for
the fiscal intermediary. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business
or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and State, local and
tribal government; Number of Respondents: 30,607; Total Annual
Responses: 30,607; Total Annual Hours: 1,239,584.
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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer:
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Dated: May 11, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-13158 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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