[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50713-50714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21207]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-485]


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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Home Health 
Services Under Hospital Insurance, Manual Instructions and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 409.40-.50, 410.36, 410.170, 411.4-.15, 421.100, 
424.22, 484.18 and 489.21; Form No.: HCFA-485 (OMB# 0938-0357); Use: 
The ``Home Health Services Under Hospital Insurance'' is a 
certification and plan of care used by the Regional Home Health 
Intermediaries (RHHIs) to ensure reimbursement is made to Home Health 
agencies only for services that are covered and medically necessary 
under Part A and Part B. The attending physician must sign the HCFA-485 
(OMB 0938-0357) authorizing the home services for a period not to 
exceed 62 days.; Frequency: Other (every 60 days); Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 7,322; Total 
Annual Responses: 5,580,000; Total Annual Hours: 1,395,000.
    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

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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 (HCFA-485), Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: August 19, 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. 00-21207 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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