[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11647-11648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6818]



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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, is 
publishing the following summaries of proposed collections for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this 
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: Reinstatement, without 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Information Collection 
Requirements in Final Peer Review Organization Sanction Regulations, 42 
CFR 1004.40(b), 1004.50(g), 1004.60(b), and 1004.70 (b) and (c); Form 
No.: HCFA-R-65; Use: This rule revises and updates the procedures 
governing the imposition and adjudication of program sanctions 
predicated on recommendations of State Utilization and Quality Control 
Peer Review Organizations (PROs). These changes are being made as a 
result of

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statutory revisions designed to address health care fraud and abuse 
issues and the Office of Inspector General sanction process; Frequency: 
On Occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Number of 
Respondents: 53; Total Annual Hours: 22,684.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Post-Certification Revisit 
Form; Form No.: HCFA-2567B; Use: This form is used to collect 
deficiency correction status information pursuant to the Clinical 
Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 and the Medicare/Medicaid 
certification requirements of P.L.100-578 and sections 1864 and 1902 of 
the Social Security Act; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business 
or other for profit, State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of 
Respondents: 72,000; Total Annual Hours: 61,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's WEB SITE ADDRESS 
at http://www.ssa.gov/hcfa/hcfahp2.html, or to obtain the supporting 
statement and any related forms, E-mail your request, including your 
address and phone number, to P[email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections must be mailed 
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: March 6, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-6818 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]
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