Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Notice

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46400-46401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21974]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-30]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Notice

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    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.

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    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Information Collection 
Requirements in the Hospice Care Regulation, 42 CFR 418.22, 418.24, 
418.28, 418.30, 418.56, 418.58, 418.70, 418.74, 418.83, 418.96 and 
418.100;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-30;
    Use: These Information Collection Requirements establish standards 
for hospices who wish to participate in the Medicare program. The 
regulations establish standards for eligibility, reimbursement 
standards and procedures, and delineate conditions that hospices must 
meet to be approved for participation in Medicare.
    Frequency: On occasion;
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit 
institutions;
    Number of Respondents: 2,275;
    Total Annual Responses: 2,275;
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 6,042,834.
    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 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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: August 16, 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. 99-21974 Filed 8-24-99; 8:45 am]
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