[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35231-35232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17127]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[R-138]


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

    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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, with change, 
of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired; 
Title of Information Collection: Medicare Geographical Classification 
Review Board (MGCRB) Procedures and Criteria; Form No.: HCFA-R-138; 
Use: This regulation sets up an application process for prospective 
payment system hospitals who choose to appeal their geographic status 
to the Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB). This 
regulation also establishes procedural guidelines for the MGCRB. 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for profit, and 
Not for profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 1,000; Total Annual 
Responses: 1,000; Total Annual Hours Requested: 1,000.
    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

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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: June 27, 1996.
Kathleen B. Larson,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-17127 Filed 7-03-96; 8:45 am]
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