[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30603-30604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14500]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-2540 and HCFA-R-48]


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.
    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, and supporting regulations 42 CFR 413.13, 413.20, 413.24 and 
413.157; 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

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costs for health care services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. The 
2540 now includes the reporting requirements to submit data 
electronically. 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, and supporting regulations 42 CFR 482.12, 
482.22, 482.27, 482.30, 482.41, 482.43, 482.53, 482.56, 482.57, 482.60, 
482.61, 482.62 and 482.66; Document 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 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.

    Date: May 27, 1997.
Edwin J. Glatzel
Director, Management Analysis and Planning Staff, Office of Financial 
and Human Resources, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-14500 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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