[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28395-28396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13680]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
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.
Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without
change of a previously approved collection for which approval has
expired.; Title of Information Collection: Physician Certifications/
Recertification in Skilled Nursing Facilities Manual Instructions and
Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 424.20; Form No.: HCFA-R-5; Use: The
Medicare program requires as a condition of participation for Medicare
Part A payment for posthospital skilled nursing facility (SNF)
services, that a physician must certify and periodically recertify that
a beneficiary requires an SNF level of care. The physician
certification requirement is intended to ensure that the beneficiary's
need for services has been established and then reviewed and updated at
appropriate intervals. Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public:
Individuals or households, business or other for-profit, not -for-
profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of
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Respondents: 689,005; Total Annual Responses: 2,598,493; Total Annual
Hours: 365,914.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, E-mail your request, including
your address and phone number, 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
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC. 20503.
Dated: May 15, 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. 98-13680 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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