[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13674]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-216]


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; (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: Procedures for 
Advisory Opinions Concerning Physician Referrals and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 411.370 through 411.389; Form No.: HCFA-R-216 
(OMB# 0938-0714); Use: Section 4314 of Public Law 105-33, in 
establishing section 1877(g)(6) of the Act, requires the Department to 
provide advisory opinions to the public regarding whether a physician's 
referrals for certain designated health services are prohibited under 
the other provisions in section 1877 of the Act. These regulations 
provide the procedures under which members of the public may request 
advisory opinions from HCFA. Because all requests for advisory opinions 
are purely voluntary, respondents will only be required to provide 
information to us that is relevant to their individual requests; 
Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, 
Business or other for-profit, and Individuals and Households; Number of 
Respondents: 200; Total Annual Responses: 200; Total Annual Hours: 
2,000.
    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 14, 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. 98-13674 Filed 5-21-98; 8:45 am]
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