[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41444-41445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19481]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0106 and HCFA-R-0284]
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; (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.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has
expired; Title of Information Collection: Criteria for Medicare
Coverage of Heart Transplants; Form No.: HCFA-R-106 (OMB No 0938-0490);
Use: Medicare participating hospitals must file an application to be
approved for coverage and payment of heart transplants performed on
Medicare beneficiaries. The application must include the following
data: patient selection, patient management, commitment, facility
plans, experience and survival rates, maintenance of data, organ
procurement, laboratory procedures, and billing. Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents:
5; Total Annual Responses: 5; Total Annual Hours Requested: 500.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid
Statistical Information System (MSIS); Form No.: HCFA-R-0284 (OMB#
0938-0345); Use: State data are reported by a Federally mandated
process known as MSIS. These data are the basis for: Medicaid actuarial
forecasts for service utilization and costs; Medicaid legislative
analysis and cost savings estimates; and responding to requests for
information from HCFA components, the Department, Congress, and other
customers. The national MSIS database will contain details that will
allow constructive or predictive analysis of today's Medicaid issues
(e.g., pregnant women, and infants).; Frequency: Quarterly and
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
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Government; Number of Respondents: 53; Total Annual Responses: 212;
Total Annual Hours: 2,120.
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: July 22, 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. 99-19481 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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