[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51669-51670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26158]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-382]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
    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 this 
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

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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: ESRD Beneficiary 
Selection and Supporting Regulations Contained in 42 CFR 414.330; Form 
No.: HCFA-382 (OMB# 0938-0372); Use: ESRD facilities have each new home 
dialysis patient select one of two methods to handle Medicare 
reimbursement. The intermediaries pay for the beneficiaries selecting 
Method I and the carriers pay for the beneficiaries selecting Method 
II. This system was developed to avoid duplicate billing by both 
intermediaries and carriers. Frequency: Other (One time only); Affected 
Public: Individuals or Households, Business or other for-profit, and 
Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 3,100; Total Annual 
Responses: 3,100; Total Annual Hours: 259.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, 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 OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: September 24, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-26158 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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