[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17374]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0209 and HCFA-R-0245]


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: Medicare and 
Medicaid Programs: Reporting Outcome and Assessment Information Set 
(OASIS) Data as Part of the Conditions of Participation for Home Health 
Agencies (HCFA-3006-IFC) and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 484.11 
and 484.20; Form No.: HCFA-R-0209 (OMB# 0938-0761); Use: The 
information collection requirements contained in the HCFA-3006 
regulation state that HHAs must report data from the OASIS data set as 
a condition of participation for HHAs. Specifically, the above named 
rule provides guidelines for HHAs for the electronic transmission of 
the OASIS data set as well as responsibilities of the State agency or 
OASIS contractor in collecting and transmitting this information to 
HCFA. These requirements are necessary to establish a prospective 
payment system for HHAs and to achieve broad-based, measurable 
improvement in the quality of care furnished through Federal programs.; 
Frequency: As determined by HHA and monthly; Affected Public: Business 
or other for profit, Not for profit institutions, Federal Government, 
and State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 10,492; 
Total Annual Responses: 10,492; Total Annual Hours: 1,274,866.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare and 
Medicaid Programs: Use of Outcome and Assessment Information Set 
(OASIS) as Part of the Conditions of Participation for Home Health 
Agencies (HCFA-3007-F) and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 484.55; 
Form No.: HCFA-R-0245 (OMB# 0938-0760); Use: These information 
collection requirements revise the existing conditions of participation 
that home health agencies (HHAs) must meet to participate in the 
Medicare program. Specifically, this final rule requires that each 
patient receive from the HHA a patient-specific, comprehensive 
assessment that identifies the patient's need for home care and that 
meets the patient's medical, nursing, rehabilitative, social and 
discharge planning needs. In addition, this final rule requires that as 
part of the comprehensive assessment, HHAs use a standard core 
assessment data set, the OASIS, when evaluating adult, non-maternity 
patients. These changes are an integral part of the Administration's 
efforts to achieve broad-based improvements in the quality of care 
furnished through Federal programs and in the measurement of that 
care.; Frequency: Upon patient assessment; Affected Public: Business or 
other for profit, Not for profit institutions, Federal Government, and 
State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 10,492; 
Total Annual Responses: 10,492; Total Annual Hours: 1,238,056.
    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: June 30, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-17374 Filed 7-7-99; 8:45 am]
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