[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24492]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension 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 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: September 9, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Information Technology Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA 
Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-24492 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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