[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41444-41445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19481]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0106 and HCFA-R-0284]


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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement, without 
change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has 
expired; Title of Information Collection: Criteria for Medicare 
Coverage of Heart Transplants; Form No.: HCFA-R-106 (OMB No 0938-0490); 
Use: Medicare participating hospitals must file an application to be 
approved for coverage and payment of heart transplants performed on 
Medicare beneficiaries. The application must include the following 
data: patient selection, patient management, commitment, facility 
plans, experience and survival rates, maintenance of data, organ 
procurement, laboratory procedures, and billing. Frequency: Annually; 
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 
5; Total Annual Responses: 5; Total Annual Hours Requested: 500.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid 
Statistical Information System (MSIS); Form No.: HCFA-R-0284 (OMB# 
0938-0345); Use: State data are reported by a Federally mandated 
process known as MSIS. These data are the basis for: Medicaid actuarial 
forecasts for service utilization and costs; Medicaid legislative 
analysis and cost savings estimates; and responding to requests for 
information from HCFA components, the Department, Congress, and other 
customers. The national MSIS database will contain details that will 
allow constructive or predictive analysis of today's Medicaid issues 
(e.g., pregnant women, and infants).; Frequency: Quarterly and 
Annually; Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

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Government; Number of Respondents: 53; Total Annual Responses: 212; 
Total Annual Hours: 2,120.
    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: July 22, 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. 99-19481 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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