[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11214-11215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6468]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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, 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.

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    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 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, 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: March 11, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-6468 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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