[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19386]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-193]
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: `` An Important
Message form Medicare.''and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 466.78,
489.27, .20; Form No.: HCFA-R-193, OMB # 0938-0692; Use: Hospitals
participating in the Medicare program have agreed to distribute `` An
Important Message from Medicare'' to beneficiaries during each
admission. Receiving this information will provide the beneficiary with
some ability to participate and/ or initiate discussions concerning
discussions affecting Medicare coverage or payment and about his or her
appeal rights in response to any hospitals notice to the effect that
Medicare will no longer cover continued care in the hospital.
Frequency: Other, as needed; Affected Public: Individuals or
Households, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit, Federal
Government, State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents:
6,700; Total Annual Responses: 11,000,000.; Total Annual Hours:
183,000.
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, D.C. 20503.
Dated: July 9, 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. 98-19386 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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