[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10233-10234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5246]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Proposed Collection: IHS Contract Health Service Report; Request 
for Public Comment, 30 Days

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed 
information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to 
review and approve the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection project was published in the August 4, 
1997, Federal Register (62 FR 41967) and allowed 60 days for public 
comment. No public comment was received in response to the notice. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment to be 
submitted to OMB.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: 09-17-0002, ``IHS Contract Health Service 
Report''. Type of Information Collection Request: Three year 
reinstatement, with change, of previously approved information 
collection, 09-17-002, ``IHS Contract Health Service Report'' which 
expired 12/31/97. Form Number: IHS-843-1A, ``Purchase-Delivery Order 
for Health Service.'' Need and Use of Information Collection: The 
Contract Health Service health care providers complete form IHS-843-1A 
to certify that they have performed the health

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services authorized by the IHS. The information is used to manage, 
administer, and plan for the provision of health services to eligible 
American Indian patients, process payments to providers, obtain program 
data, provide program statistics, and, serves as a legal document for 
health care services rendered. Affected Public: Businesses or other 
for-profit, Individuals, not-for-profit institutions and State, local 
or Tribal Government. Type of Respondents: health care providers. Table 
1 below provides: Data collection instruments, Estimated number of 
respondents, Number of responses per respondent, Average burden hour 
per response, and Total annual burden hour.

                                                                         Table 1                                                                        
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                                                    Estimated                                                                                           
           Data collection instrument               number of     Responses per   Annual number     Average burden hours per response*     Total annual 
                                                   respondents     respondent     of responses                                             burden hours 
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IHS-843-1A.....................................           9,115              43         393,416  0.05 (3 mins)..........................          19,670
IDS**..........................................          21,797               1          21,797  0.05 (3 mins)..........................           3,175
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.                                                                           
**Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS).                                                                                                                    

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

Request for Comments

    Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more 
of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection 
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function and whether the 
IHS processes the information collected in a useful and timely fashion; 
(b) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (this is the amount of 
time needed for individual respondents to provide the requested 
information) and the methodology and assumptions used to determine the 
estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and (d) ways to minimize the public burden 
through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions 
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice, 
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for IHS.
    To request more information on the proposed collection or to obtain 
a copy of the data collection instrument(s) and/or instruction(s), 
contact: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance 
Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852.1601, 
or call non-toll free (301) 443-1116 or send via facsimile to (301) 
443-1522, or send your E-mail requests, comments, and return address 
to: [email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before 
April 1, 1998.

    Dated: February 19, 1998.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director.
[FR Doc. 98-5246 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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