[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 93 (Monday, May 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11819]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration

 

Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Clearance

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS), has submitted to OMB the following 
proposals for the collection of information in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L. 96-511).
    1. Type of Request: Revision; Title of Information Collection: 
Medicare Uniform Institutional Provider Bill; Form No.: HCFA-1450; Use: 
The 1450 is a claim form completed by institutional providers for 
inpatient and outpatient services. All intermediary processed Medicare 
claims are billed on the HCFA-1450; Frequency: On occasion; 
Respondents: State or local governments; Estimated Number of Responses: 
100,168,729; Average Hours Per Response: 5-9 minutes; Total Estimated 
Burden Hours: 3,590,518.
    2. Type of Request: New; Title of Information Collection: Hospice 
Survey and Deficiencies Report; Form No.: HCFA-643; Use: In order to 
participate in the Medicare program, a hospice must meet certain 
Federal health and safety conditions of participation. This form will 
be used by State surveyors to record data about a hospice's compliance 
with these conditions of participation in order to initiate the 
certification or recertification process. This request includes the 
recently revised Hospice Interpretive Guidelines used as the basis for 
the instructions for the form; Frequency: Annually; Respondents: State 
or local governments, Federal agencies or employees; Estimated Number 
of Responses: 1,200; Average Hours Per Response: 2.5; Total Estimated 
Burden Hours: 3,000.
    3. Type of Request: Extension; Title of Information Collection: 
Requirement to Disclose Health Maintenance Organization (HMOs) 
Financial Information to Members; Form No.: HCFA-R-97; Use: HMOs are 
required to disclose specific information to members, potential 
members, employees, and contractors. This rule specifies what 
information can be disclosed; Frequency: Annually; Respondents: 
Businesses or other for profit, nonprofit organizations; Estimated 
Number of Responses: 380; Average Hours Per Response: .5; Total 
Estimated Burden Hours: 190.
    4. Type of Request: Reinstatement; Title of Information Collection: 
Hospital Request for Certification in the Medicare/Medicaid Program; 
Form No.: HCFA-1514; Use: Section 1861 of the Social Security Act 
requires hospitals to be certified to participate in the Medicare/
Medicaid program. These providers must complete the Hospital Request 
for Certification on the Medicare/Medicaid program form which concerns 
information collection requirements and their uses; Frequency: 
Annually; Respondents: State or local governments; Estimated Number of 
Responses: 2,548; Average Hours Per Response: .25; Total Estimated 
Burden Hours: 637.
    Additional Information or Comments: Call the Reports Clearance 
Office on (410) 966-5536 for copies of the clearance request packages. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent 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 3001, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 4, 1994.
John A. Streb,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-11819 Filed 5-13-94; 8:45 am]
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