[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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