[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 108 (Monday, June 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 30340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14318]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-65]
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection;
Title of Information Collection: Information Collection
Requirements in Final Peer Review Organization Sanction Regulations 42
CFR 1004.40, 1004.50, 1004.60, and 1004.70;
Form No.: HCFA-R-65 (OMB# 0938-0444);
Use: The Peer Review Improvement Act of 1982 amended Title XI of
the Social Security Act to create the Utilization and Quality Control
Peer Review Organization (PRO) program. The PRO program replaced the
existing Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO) program and
streamlined peer review activities. PROs will ensure that care provided
to Medicare patients is reasonable, medically necessary, appropriate,
of a quality that meets professionally recognized standards of care,
and that inpatient services could not be more appropriately provided on
an outpatient basis or in a different type facility;
Frequency: On occasion;
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, and Business or other
for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 53;
Total Annual Responses: 1,060;
Total Annual Hours: 22,684.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 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, D.C. 20503.
Dated: May 6, 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. 99-14318 Filed 6-4-99; 8:45 am]
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