[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9536]



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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 summaries 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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare 
Participating Physician or Supplier Agreement, HCFA 460; Form No.: HCFA 
460; Use: The HCFA 460 is completed by nonparticipating physicians and 
suppliers if they choose to participate in Medicare Part B. By signing 
the agreement, the physician or supplier agrees to take assignment on 
all Medicare claims. To take assignment means to accept the Medicare 
allowed amount as payment in full for the services they furnish and to 
charge the beneficiary no more than the deductible and coinsurance for 
the covered service. In exchange for signing the agreement, the 
physician or supplier receives a significant number of program benefits 
not available to nonparticipating physicians and suppliers. The 
information is needed to know to whom to provide these benefits. 
Frequency: Once, unless re-enrolled; Affected Public: Individuals or 
Households, and Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 
70,000; Total Annual Responses: 70,000; Total Annual Hours Requested: 
17,500.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital 
Conditions of Participation--42 CFR Part 482; Form No.: HCFA-R-48; Use: 
Hospitals seeking to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs 
must meet the Conditions of Participation (COP) for Hospitals, 42 CFR 
Part 482. The information collection requirements contained in this 
package are needed to implement the Medicare and Medicaid COP for 
hospitals. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Number of Respondents: 6,700; Total Annual Responses: 
6,700; Total Annual Hours Requested: 62,657.
    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: April 12, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-9536 Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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