[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26566]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
Document Identifier: HCFA-R-64


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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Indirect Medical 
Education (IME) and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 412.105; Form No.: 
HCFA-R-64 OMB # 0938-0456; Use: The collection of information on 
Interns and Residents (IR) is needed to properly calculate Medicare 
program payments to hospitals that incur indirect costs for medical 
education. The reports provide contractors with information to ensure 
that hospitals are properly reimbursed for IME, and eliminate IME 
duplicate reporting. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Not-for 
profit institutions, Business or other for-profit; Number of 
Respondents: 1300; Total Annual Responses: 1300; Total Annual Hours: 
3,250.
    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 
by November 7, 1997 directly to the OMB Desk 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.

    Dated: September 23, 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. 97-26566 Filed 10-7-97; 8:45 am]
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