[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21676]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-2552-96]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
    In an effort to revise the current Hospital and Health Care Complex 
Cost Report, we are interested in receiving public comments to help aid 
in making the necessary revisions to this cost report. 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: Hospital and 
Health Care Complex Cost Report and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 
413.20 and 413.24; Form No.: CMS-2552-96 (OMB 0938-0050); Use: Form 
CMS-2552-96 is the form used by hospitals 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; and State, Local or 
Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 6,038; Total Annual 
Responses: 6,038; Total Annual Hours: 4,274,105.
    To obtain a copy of the forms and related materials for the 
proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'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 CMS 
document identifier, to [email protected], or call the Reports 
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326. The revised ``Hospital and Health 
Care Complex Cost Report'' will be available after the close of this 
solicitation, at which time, we will publish a subsequent 60-day 
Federal Register notice announcing the revisions and canvassing public 
comment before submitting to OMB. Written comments and recommendations 
for the solicitation must be mailed within 60 days of this notice 
directly to the CMS Paperwork Clearance Officer designated at the 
following address: CMS, Office of Information Services, Security and 
Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards, Attention: Dawn 
Willinghan, CMS-2552-96, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: August 21, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS Office of Information Service, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
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