[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-485]


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 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: Home Health 
Services Under Hospital Insurance, Manual Instructions and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 409.40-.50, 410.36, 410.170, 411.4-.15, 421.100, 
424.22, 484.18 and 489.21; Form No.: HCFA-485 (OMB# 0938-0357); Use: 
The ``Home Health Services Under Hospital Insurance'' is a 
certification and plan of care used by the Regional Home Health 
Intermediaries (RHHIs) to ensure reimbursement is made to Home Health 
agencies only for services that are covered and medically necessary 
under Part A and Part B. The attending physician must sign the HCFA-485 
(OMB 0938-0357) authorizing the home services for a period not to 
exceed 62 days.; Frequency: Other (initial claim and every second claim 
thereafter); Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of 
Respondents: 9,044; Total Annual Responses: 10,080,000; Total Annual 
Hours: 2,520,000.
    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, phone number, OMB number, and HCFA 
document identifier, 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 26, 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. 97-26303 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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