[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 166 (Monday, August 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43774-43775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21686]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[R-187]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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, is 
publishing the following summary 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: National Provider 
System (NPS); Form No.: HCFA-R-187; Use: HHS is consolidating provider 
enumeration across programs. The NPS will be used in program operations 
and management to assign provider identification numbers, i.e., billing 
numbers for claims processing and payment. It will replace the current 
Medicare Physician and eligibility System (MPIES) and UPIN; it will 
replace the enumeration functions of the Medicare OSCAR, CLIA, and NSC 
provider numbering systems. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 
Federal Government, State, Local or Tribal Government, Individuals or 
Households, Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit 
institutions; Number of Respondents: 88; Total Annual Hours: 23,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's WEB SITE ADDRESS 
at http://www.hcfa.gov , or to obtain the supporting statement and any 
related forms, E-mail your request, including your address and phone 
number, to P[email protected], or call the Reports Clearance Office on 
(410) 786-1326. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections must be mailed 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.


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    Dated: August 19, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Planning and Analysis Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-21686 Filed 8-23-96; 8:45 am]
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