97-15967. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15967]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-2540S]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comment. 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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Skilled Nursing 
Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System Cost Report; Form No.: HCFA-
2540S; Use: This cost report is used by free standing SNFs to achieve a 
final accounting adjustment of costs for health care services rendered 
to Medicare beneficiaries. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions and State, 
Local or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 1,441; Total Annual 
Hours: 142,659.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms, 
E-mail your request, including your address and phone number, to 
[e-mail], 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 Financial and Human Resources, Management 
Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention: Louis Blank, Room C2-26-17, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: June 10, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-15967 Filed 6-17-97; 8:45 am]
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