[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18638-18639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9721]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-2552, HCFA-R-88]


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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital and 
Hospital Health Care Complex Cost Report, 42 CFR 413.20 and 413.24; 
Form No.: HCFA-2552-96; Use: This form is

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required by statute and regulation for participation in the Medicare 
program. The information is used to determine final payment for 
Medicare. Hospitals and related complexes are the main users. 
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: 4,599,000.
    2. 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 HCFA Pub 14-3 Section 2120.1-2125 and Section 4115 of 
the Carriers Manual (HCFA-R-88); Use: Verification of ambulance 
compliance with State and Local requirements is necessary to determine 
whether the ambulance qualifies for reimbursement under Medicare. 
Carriers require ambulances providing service to Medicare beneficiaries 
to submit documentation showing that they have the required equipment. 
Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; 
Number of Respondents: 100; Total Annual Hours: 25.
    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: April 7, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel,
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-9721 Filed 4-15-97; 8:45 am]
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