[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 38202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18007]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-9042]


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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Request for Accelerated Payments 
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 412.116 and 413.64;
    Form No.: HCFA-9042;
    Use: Medicare reimbursements are usually arranged through a fiscal 
intermediary who serves as the Secretary's agent for reviewing claims 
and making payments equal to the provider's reasonable costs. When a 
delay in Medicare payment by a fiscal intermediary, for covered 
services, causes financial difficulties for a provider, the provider 
may request an accelerated payment. An accelerated payment may also be 
made in highly exceptional situations where a provider has incurred a 
temporary delay in its bill processing beyond the provider's normal 
billing cycle. An accelerated payment can be requested by a provider 
that is not receiving periodic interim payments. These forms are used 
by fiscal intermediaries to access a provider's eligibility for 
accelerated payments.
    Frequency: On occasion;
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and Not for-profit 
institutions;
    Number of Respondents: 890;
    Total Annual Responses: 890;
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 445.
    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: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: June 16, 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. 99-18007 Filed 7-14-99; 8:45 am]
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