[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48734-48735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24436]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0050 and HCFA-1515/1572]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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 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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medical Records 
Review Under PPS and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 412.40-412.52; 
Form No.: HCFA-R-0050 (OMB# 0938-0359); Use: Peer Review Organizations 
(PRO) are authorized to conduct medical review activities under the 
Prospective Payment System (PPS). In order to conduct the medical 
review activities we depend upon hospitals to make available medical 
records. PROs ensure that admissions are medically necessary, provided 
in the appropriate setting, and that they meet acceptable standards of 
quality.; Frequency: When records are reviewed; Affected Public: 
Business or other for profit; Number of Respondents: 6,412; Total 
Annual Responses: 746,681; Total Annual Hours: 27,096.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Home Health 
Agency Survey and Deficiencies Report, Home Health Functional 
Assessment Instrument and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR Part 484-1--
484.52; Form No.: HCFA-1515/1572 (OMB#0938-0355); Use: In order to 
participate in the Medicare program as a Home Health Agency (HHA) 
provider, the HHA must meet Federal Standards. These forms are used to 
record information about patients' health and provider compliance with 
requirements.; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 9,942; 
Total Annual Responses: 19,884; Total Annual Hours: 19,884.
    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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance 
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of 
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Louis Blank, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850


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    Dated: September 2, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-24436 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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