[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 237 (Friday, December 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31256]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-10019]


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 Request: New collection; Title of Information 
Collection: Durable Medical Equipment and Prosthetics, Orthotics and 
Supplies (DMEPOS) Supplier Survey; HCFA Form Number: HCFA-10019 (OMB 
approval #: 0938-NEW); Use: This survey is necessary to collect access, 
quality, and financial performance information from suppliers of 
durable medical equipment (hospital beds, oxygen, urologic supplies, 
enteral nutrition, or wound care). The information will be presented to 
HCFA and to Congress, who will use the results to determine whether the 
demonstration should be extended to other sites; Frequency: Once; 
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 
340; Total Annual Responses: 340; Total Annual Burden Hours: 620.
    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.

    Date: November 29, 2000.
John P. Burke III,
Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group, Division of 
HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-31256 Filed 12-7-00; 8:45 am]
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