[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30603-30604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14500]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-2540 and HCFA-R-48]
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.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Skilled Nursing
Facility (SNF) and Skilled Nursing Facility Health Care Complex Cost
Report, and supporting regulations 42 CFR 413.13, 413.20, 413.24 and
413.157; Form No.: HCFA-2540; Use: The Skilled Nursing Facility and
Skilled Nursing Facility Health Care Complex Cost Report is the cost
report to be used by freestanding SNFs to submit annual information to
achieve a settlement of
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costs for health care services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. The
2540 now includes the reporting requirements to submit data
electronically. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other
for profit, Not for profit institutions, and State, local, or tribal
government; Number of Respondents: 7,000; Total Annual Responses:
7,000; Total Annual Hours Requested: 1,372,000.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital
Conditions of Participation, and supporting regulations 42 CFR 482.12,
482.22, 482.27, 482.30, 482.41, 482.43, 482.53, 482.56, 482.57, 482.60,
482.61, 482.62 and 482.66; Document No.: HCFA-R-48; Use: Hospitals
seeking to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must meet
the Conditions of Participation (COP) for Hospitals, 42 CFR Part 482.
The information collection requirements contained in this package are
needed to implement the Medicare and Medicaid COP for hospitals.
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit,
Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or
Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 1,500; Total Annual
Responses: 1,500; Total Annual Hours Requested: 53,522.
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 to obtain the supporting
statement and any related forms, E-mail your request, including your
address and phone number, to P[email protected], 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 HCFA Paperwork Clearance
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.
Date: May 27, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-14500 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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