[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 200 (Monday, October 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 61171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26418]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-1728-94]


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: 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.
    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 30 days of this notice directly to 
the OMB desk officer: OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Attention: Wendy Taylor, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 6, 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. 00-26418 Filed 10-13-00; 8:45 am]
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