[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45672-45673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22963]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-39]


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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Home Health 
Medicare Conditions of Participation (COP) Information Collection 
Requirements (ICR's) as outlined in Regulation 42 CFR Part 484; Form 
No.: HCFA-R-39 OMB #0938-0365; Use: The ICR's contained in 42 CFR part 
484 outline Home Health Agencies Medicare COP's to ensure Home Health 
Agencies meet Federal patient health and safety requirements. 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions and Federal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 10,203; Total Annual Responses: 10,203; Total Annual 
Hours: 86,008.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement without 
change of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Negative Case Action Review 
Process (NCA)/Annual Report and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 431.800; 
Form No.: HCFA--6401 OMB #0938-0300; Use: HCFA uses the NCA reviews 
conducted by states to assure that beneficiaries are not being denied 
medical assistance that they are eligible for and that recipients are 
being given adequate and timely notice of termination. The results of 
NCA reviews are used by states and the Federal Government to identify 
problem areas and plan corrective action initiatives. Frequency: 
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government; Number of 
Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses: 51; Total Annual Hours: 6,770.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, 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 
Information Services, Information Technology Investment Management 
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, Attention: John Rudolph, 
Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.


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    Dated: August 20, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-22963 Filed 8-27-97; 8:45 am]
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