[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 38454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18763]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[R-131]


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, without 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Information Collection 
Requirements in BPD-458-F, Section 411.408(d)(2) and (f); Form No.: 
HCFA-R-131; Use: Physicians who do not accept assignment may bill a 
patient for services denied by Medicare as ``not reasonable and 
necessary,'' if they informed the patient, prior to furnishing the 
services, that Medicare was likely to deny part B payments for services 
and the patient, after being so informed, agrees to pay for the 
services. Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or 
Households; Number of Respondents: 237,322; Total Annual Responses: 
925,904; Total Annual Hours Requested: 115,738.
    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: July 16, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-18763 Filed 7-23-96; 8:45 am]
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