[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 40184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19391]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
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 (HHS),
is publishing the following summaries of proposed collections for
public comment.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has
expired; Title of Information Collection: Alternative Quality
Assessment Survey; Form No.: HCFA-667; Use: This survey is used in lieu
of an onsite survey for those Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) laboratories with good performance determined
by their last onsite survey, and is designed to screen laboratories and
alert HCFA to where an onsite inspection is vital. The survey has been
revised to reflect CLIA's streamlined inspection process, to reduce
burden and improve the CLIA system by rewarding good performance.
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for profit, not
for profit, Federal Government, State, local, or tribal government;
Number of Respondents: 4,000; Total Annual Hours: 6,000.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Data Collection and Analysis for Generating
Procedure Specific Cost Estimates; Form No.: HCFA R-181; Use: The
Survey of Practice Costs is a survey of provider practices whose
services are covered by the Medicare Fee Schedule (MFS). The data
collected from this survey will enable HCFA to meet its congressional
mandate to develop resource-based practice expense relative value unit
estimates for the MFS by 1998; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public:
Individuals or households, business or other for profit; Number of
Respondents: 3,500; Total Annual Hours: 10,500.
To request copies of the proposed paperwork collections referenced
above, call the Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections
should be sent within 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA
Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the following address: HCFA,
Office of Financial and Human Resources, Management Planning and
Analysis Staff, Attention: John Burke, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: July 31, 1995. -
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-19391 Filed 8-4-95; 8:45 am]
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