[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28669]



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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, is 
publishing the following summaries of proposed collections for public 
comment. 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; Form No.: HCFA-2540; Use: The Skilled Nursing Facility and 
Skilled Nursing Facility Health Care Complex Cost Report is the cost 
report is to be used by freestanding SNFs to submit annual information 
to achieve a settlement of costs for health care services rendered to 
Medicare beneficiaries. 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.
    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: Louis Blank, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: November 6, 1995.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 95-28669 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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