[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25388]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-215]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission For OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following proposal for 
the collection of information. Interested persons are invited to send 
comments regarding the 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.

    Note: For this submission, CMS is requesting public comments on 
the information requirements in the Final Rule published October 11, 
2000 for ``Additional DMEPOS Supplier Standards'' only. CMS made an 
error in the last PRA submission whereas the ``Surety Bond'' 
requirements were referenced. Please be advised that all Surety Bond 
requirements have been removed and are not to be commented on at 
this time.

    Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information 
Collection Requirements Referenced in 42 CFR 424.57: Additional DMEPOS 
Supplier Standards; Form No.: CMS-R-215 (OMB# 0938-0717); Use: The 
respondents for these information collection requirements are suppliers 
of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies 
(DMEPOS). CMS requires, upon request, documentation that the DMEPOS 
supplier has both advised beneficiaries that they may either rent or 
purchase inexpensive or routinely purchased equipment and discussed the 
purchase option for capped rental equipment. This criteria is necessary 
to determine if the supplier has met the supplier standards.; 
Frequency: Annually, On occasion; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 
65,400; Total Annual Responses: 35,000; Total Annual Hours: 280,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement 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 and phone number, 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 
designated at the following address: OMB Human Resources and Housing 
Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: September 18, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS, Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
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