[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7222]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHs.
    In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Requirement abstracted below has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and budget (OMB) for review and 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: Reinstatement, with change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; 
Title of Information Collection: Medicare Uniform Institutional 
Provider Bill; Form No.: HCFA-1450; Use: Medicare reimbursement of 
claims. This form is the standardized form used in the Medicare/
Medicaid program to apply for reimbursement for covered services by all 
providers that accept Medicare/Medicaid assigned claims. It will reduce 
cost and administrative burdens associated with claims since only one 
coding system is used and maintained. 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: 123,432,041; Total Annual Hours Requested: 1,890,490.
    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, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: March 14, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-7222 Filed 3-25-96; 8:45 am]
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