[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54209-54210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26620]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-605]


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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital Provider 
of Extender Care Services (Swing-Beds) in the Medicare and Medicaid 
Programs, 42 CFR 447.280; Form No.: HCFA-605; Use: This is a facility 
identification and screening form. It will be completed by a hospital 
that is requesting approval. It initiates the process of determining 
the hospital's

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eligibility and also requests approval for their bed count category. 
Frequency: Other (one time usage for initial application); Affected 
Public: Business or other for profit, Not for profit institutions, and 
Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 1,500; Total Annual Hours: 
375.
    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 Analysis and Planning Staff, Attention: Louis Blank, Room 
C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: October 3, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-26620 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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