[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 45267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21555]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-838]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission For OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    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, has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following 
proposal for the collection of information. Interested persons are 
invited to send comments regarding the 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: Medicare Credit Balance Reporting 
Requirements and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 413.20, 405.371 and 
405.378.
    Form No.: HCFA-838 (OMB# 0938-0600).
    Use: Section 1866(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act requires 
health care providers participating in the Medicare program, to make 
adequate provisions to refund any monies incorrectly paid by Medicare. 
This collection of credit balance information is needed to ensure that 
the millions of dollars in improper program payments are collected. 
Approximately 47,600 health care providers will be required to submit a 
quarterly credit balance report that identifies the amount of improper 
payments they receive that are due to Medicare. The intermediaries will 
monitor the reports to ensure these funds are collected.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, and Business or other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 47,600.
    Total Annual Responses: 190,400.
    Total Annual Hours: 1,142,400.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 and phone number, 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 
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 5, 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. 99-21555 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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