[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54029-54030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25833]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


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: Request for Accelerated Payments 
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Section 412.116 & 413.64;
    Form No.: HCFA-9042;

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    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 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, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: September 20, 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. 99-25833 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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