[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5347]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

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 summary 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital and 
Hospital Healthcare Complex Cost Report; Form No.: HCFA-2552-96; Use: 
This form is required by statute and regulation for participation in 
the Medicare program. The information is used to determine final 
payment for Medicare. Hospitals and related complexes are the main 
users. 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: 4,599,000. 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: February 29, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-5347 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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