[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42258-42259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20610]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-77]
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
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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: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Procedures for
determining whether providers, practitioners, or other suppliers of
services are liable for certain noncovered services; Form No.: HCFA-R-
77; Use: BERC-273-F requires Peer Review Organizations (PROs) to
provide written notification of noncovered services to beneficiaries
and/or providers, practitioners and suppliers. The notification
provides provider, practitioner or supplier with knowledge that
Medicare will not pay for items or services mentioned in the
notification. After this notification, any future claim for the same or
similar services will not be paid. Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit, Individuals or Households; Number of
Respondents: 724,271; Total Annual Responses: 2,897,085; Total Annual
Hours: 241,424.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Indirect Medical
Education (IME) and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 412.105; Form No.:
HCFA-R-64; Use: The collection of information on Interns and Residents
(IR) is needed to properly calculate Medicare program payments to
hospitals that incur indirect costs for medical education. The reports
provide contractors with information to ensure that hospitals are
properly reimbursed for IME, and eliminate IME duplicate reporting.
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Not-for profit institutions,
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 1300; Total Annual
Responses: 1300; Total Annual Hours: 3,250.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed
paperwork collections referenced above, or to obtain the supporting
statement and any related forms, 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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address:
HCFA, Office of Information Services, Information Technology
Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,
Attention: John Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: July 29, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards,
Health Care Financing Administration HCFA, Office of Financial and
Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-20610 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am]
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