[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27303-27304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13158]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-339]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
    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;

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(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: Medicare Provider 
Cost Report Reimbursement Questionnaire and Supporting Regulations in 
42 CFR 405.465, 405.481, 413.20, and 413.24; Form No.: HCFA-339 (OMB# 
0938-0301); Use: The Medicare Provider Cost Report Reimbursement 
Questionnaire must be completed by all providers to assist in preparing 
an acceptable cost report, to ensure proper Medicare reimbursement, and 
to minimize subsequent contact between the provider and its fiscal 
intermediary. It is designed to answer pertinent questions about key 
reimbursement concepts found in the cost report and to gather 
information necessary to support certain financial and statistical 
entries on the cost report. In addition, it provides an audit trail for 
the fiscal intermediary. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business 
or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and State, local and 
tribal government; Number of Respondents: 30,607; Total Annual 
Responses: 30,607; Total Annual Hours: 1,239,584.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access HCFA's 
Web Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or 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: May 11, 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. 98-13158 Filed 5-15-98; 8:45 am]
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