[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 251 (Monday, December 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33150]


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


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: 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: On occasion; 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/regs/prdact95.htm, 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 30 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
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: December 12, 1996.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-33150 Filed 12-27-96; 8:45 am]
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