[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11458-11459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6222]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA 2540 and HCFA-R-48]


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 summaries of proposed collections for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this

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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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Skilled Nursing 
Facility (SNF) and Skilled Nursing Facility Health Care Complex Cost 
Report, 42 CFR 413.157(b)(5)(ii), 413.13(h), 413.20(b), 413.24 and 
413.56; Form No.: HCFA-2540; Use: The Skilled Nursing Facility and 
Skilled Nursing Facility Health Care Complex Cost Report is the cost 
report to be used by freestanding SNFs to submit annual information to 
achieve a settlement of costs for health care services rendered to 
Medicare beneficiaries. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business 
or other for profit, Not for profit institutions, and State, local, or 
tribal government; Number of Respondents: 7,000; Total Annual 
Responses: 7,000; Total Annual Hours Requested: 1,372,000.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital 
Conditions of Participation--42 CFR 482.12(c)(5)(1), 482.12(d), 
482.12(e)(2), 482.12(f)(2), 482.22(c), 482.27(a)(2), 482.27(a)(4)(ii), 
482.30(c)(1), 482.30(d)(3), 482.41(b), 482.43, 482.53(d), 482.56(b), 
482.57(b)(1), 482.60(c), 482.61, 482.62(a) and 482.66(a)(7); Form No.: 
HCFA-R-48; Use: Hospitals seeking to participate in the Medicare and 
Medicaid programs must meet the Conditions of Participation (COP) for 
Hospitals, 42 CFR Part 482. The information collection requirements 
contained in this package are needed to implement the Medicare and 
Medicaid COP for hospitals. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 
Business or other for profit, Not for profit institutions, Federal 
Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 1,500; Total Annual Responses: 1,500; Total Annual Hours 
Requested: 53,522.
    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 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: March 4, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-6222 Filed 3-11-97; 8:45 am]
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