[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2289]



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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), 
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: New; Title of 
Information Collection: National Provider System (NPS); Form No.: HCFA-
R-187; Use: HHS is consolidating provider enumeration across programs. 
The NPS will be used in program operations and management to assign 
provider identification numbers; i.e., billing numbers for claims 
processing and payment. It will replace the current Medicare Physician 
and Eligibility System and Unique Physician Identifier Number; it will 
replace the enumeration functions of the Medicare Online Survey, 
Certification and Reporting System, Clinical Laboratories Improvement 
Amendments of 1988, and National Supplier Clearing House provider 
numbering systems. Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or 
other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, and 
State, local or tribal government; Number of Respondents: 45,000; Total 
Annual Hours Requested: 23,000. To request copies of the proposed 
paperwork collection referenced above, E-mail your request, including 
your address, to P[email protected], or call the Reports Clearance 
Office on (410) 786-1326. 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 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: January 30, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-2289 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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