[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19077-19078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10571]



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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 Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.), this notice is publishing the following summaries of proposed 
collections for public comment. The title, description, and respondent 
description of the information collection are shown below with an 
estimate of the annual reporting and recordkeeping burden. Included in 
the estimate is the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing 
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing 
and reviewing the collection of information. 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

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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: New; Title of 
Information Collection: National Payer Identifier (PAYER-ID); Form No.: 
HCFA-856; Use: The PAYER-ID will allow payers of health care claims to 
be identified by a unique numeric identifier. PAYER-ID numbers will be 
assigned, but not limited to the following groups: Medicare, Medicaid, 
VA, public health service, large employers and unions, HMOs, large 
insurers, etc.; Frequency: One time (Reporting); Affected Public: 
Business or other for profit, Not for profit institutions, Federal 
Government, State, local or tribal government; Number of Respondents: 
85,000; Total Annual Responses: 8,500; Total Annual Hours Requested 
85,000.
    To request copies of the proposed paperwork collection 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: Zaneta Davis, 7500 Security Boulevard, Room 
C2-26-17, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: April 22, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-10571 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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