[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 10098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4393]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-312]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Conflict of Interest and Ownership 
and Control Information.
    Form No.: HCFA-R-312 (OMB# 0938-NEW).
    Use: This Conflict of Interest questionnaire is sent to all 
Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) and Carriers to collect full and 
complete information on any entity's or individual's ownership interest 
(defined as a 5 per centum or more) in an organization that may present 
a potential conflict of interest in their role as a Medicare FI or 
Carrier. The information gathered is used to ensure that all potential, 
apparent and actual conflicts of interest involving Medicare contracts 
are appropriately mitigated and that employees of the contractors, 
including officers, directors, trustees and members of their immediate 
families, do not utilize their positions with the contractor for their 
own private business interest to the detriment of the Medicare program.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions and business or other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 42.
    Total Annual Responses: 42.
    Total Annual Hours: 126.
    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 [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, MD 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 14, 2000.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-4393 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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