[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8035]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0021]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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: New collection; Title of 
Information Collection: Withholding Medicare Payments to Recover 
Medicaid Overpayments and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 447.31; Form 
No.: HCFA-R-0021 (OMB# 0938-0287); Use: Overpayments may occur in 
either the Medicare and Medicaid program, at times resulting in a 
situation where an institution or person that provides services owes a 
repayment to one program while still receiving reimbursement from the 
other. Certain Medicaid providers which are subject to offsets for the 
collection of Medicaid overpayments may terminate or substantially 
reduce their participation in Medicaid, leaving the State Medicaid 
Agency unable to recover the amounts due. These information collection 
requirements give HCFA the authority to recover Medicaid overpayments 
by offsetting payments due to a provider under the program; Frequency: 
On occasion; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
Number of Respondents: 54; Total Annual Responses: 27; Total Annual 
Hours: 81.
    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.

    Dated: March 25, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-8035 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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