[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 108 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35652-35653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13985]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-1728-94]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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

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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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Home Health 
Agency Cost Report and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 413.20, 413.24, 
and 413.106; Form No.: HCFA-1728-94 (OMB 0938-0022); Use: Form HCFA-
1728-94 is the form used by HHAs participating in the Medicare program. 
This form reports the health care costs used to determine the amount of 
reimbursable costs for services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries; 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; 
Not-for-profit institutions institutions; Number of Respondents: 8,950; 
Total Annual Responses: 8,950; Total Annual Hours: 1,599,700.
    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: Julie Brown, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: May 25, 2000.
John P. Burke III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-13985 Filed 6-2-00; 8:45 am]
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