[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 45267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21555]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-838]
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: Medicare Credit Balance Reporting
Requirements and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 413.20, 405.371 and
405.378.
Form No.: HCFA-838 (OMB# 0938-0600).
Use: Section 1866(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act requires
health care providers participating in the Medicare program, to make
adequate provisions to refund any monies incorrectly paid by Medicare.
This collection of credit balance information is needed to ensure that
the millions of dollars in improper program payments are collected.
Approximately 47,600 health care providers will be required to submit a
quarterly credit balance report that identifies the amount of improper
payments they receive that are due to Medicare. The intermediaries will
monitor the reports to ensure these funds are collected.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, and Business or other
for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 47,600.
Total Annual Responses: 190,400.
Total Annual Hours: 1,142,400.
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, DC 20503.
Dated: August 5, 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. 99-21555 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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