[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12475-12476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6454]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-265]


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: Reinstatement without 
change of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Independent Renal Dialysis 
Facility Cost Report Form and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 
413.198,413.20; Form No.: HCFA-265; Use: The Medicare Independent Renal 
Dialysis Facility Cost Report provides for determinations and 
allocation of costs to the components of the Renal Dialysis facility in 
order to establish a proper basis for Medicare payment.

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Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for profit; 
Number of Respondents: 2,472; Total Annual Responses: 2,472; Total 
Annual Hours: 484,512.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 
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: February 26, 1998.
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. 98-6454 Filed 3-12-98; 8:45 am]
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