[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 17565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7998]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-day Proposed Collection; Indian 
Health Service Contract Health Service Report

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, to provide a 60-day advance opportunity for 
public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Indian Health 
Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a proposed 
information collection project to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 09-17-0002, ``IHS Contract Health 
Service Report''. Type of Information Collection Request: 3-year 
reinstatement, without change, of previously approved information 
collection, 0917-0002, ``IHS Contract Health Service Report'' which 
expires 07/31/01. Form Number: IHS-843-1A, ``Purchase-Delivery Order 
for Health Services.'' Need and Use of Information Collection: The 
Contract Health Service health care providers complete form IHS-843-1A 
to certify that they have performed the health services authorized by 
the IHS. The information is used to manage, administer, and plan for 
the provision of health services to eligible American Indian patients, 
process payments to providers, obtain program data, provide program 
statistics, and serve as a legal document for health care services 
rendered. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, Individuals, 
not-for-profit institutions and State, local or Tribal Government. Type 
of Respondents: Health care providers. The table below provides: 
Type(s) of Data Collection Instruments, Estimated Number of 
Respondents, Number of Responses per Respondent, Annual Number of 
Responses, Average Burden Hour per Response, and Total Annual Burden 
Hour.

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                                                                                      Average
                                     Estimated       Number of    Annual  number    burden hour    Total annual
   Data collection instrument        number of    responses  per   of  responses   per  response   burden hours
                                    respondents      respondent                      (3 mins)*
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IHS-843-1A......................           7,399              42         310,758            0.05          15,538
IDS**...........................          16,356               1          16,356            0.05            818
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
** Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS)

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs or Maintenance Costs to 
report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in 
a useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate 
(the estimated amount of time needed for individual respondents to 
provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your written 
comments, requests for more information on the proposed project, or 
requests to obtain a copy of the data collection instrument and 
instructions to: Mr. Lance Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports 
Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 
20852.1601, call non-toll free (301) 443-1116, fax (301) 443-2316, or 
send your E-mail requests, comments, and return address to: 
[email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments are best assured of having their 
full effect if received on or before June 1, 2001.

    Dated: March 23, 2001.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 01-7998 Filed 3-30-01; 8:45 am]
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