[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58736-58737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28781]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-2540S]


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

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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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Title of 
Information Collection: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective 
Payment System Cost Report and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 413.20 
and 413.24; Form No.: HCFA-2540S (OMB 0938-0511); Use: This cost report 
is used by free standing SNFs to achieve a final accounting adjustment 
of costs for health care services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions and State, Local or Tribal Government; 
Number of Respondents: 1,441; Total Annual Responses: 1,441; Total 
Annual Hours: 139,410.
    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, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 22, 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. 97-28781 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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