[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 35117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12351]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-65]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
    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) (formerly known as 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Information 
Collection Requirements in Final Peer Review Organization Sanction 
Regulations--42 CFR 1004.40, 1004.50, 1004.60, and 1004.70; Form No.: 
CMS-R-65 (OMB 0938-0444); Use: This final rule updates the 
procedures governing the imposition and adjudication of program 
sanctions predicated on the recommendations of Peer Review 
Organizations (PROs). These changes are being made as a result of 
statutory revisions designed to address health care fraud and abuse 
issues and the OIG sanction process; Frequency: On occasion; Affected 
Public: Not-for-profit institutions and Business or other for-profit; 
Number of Respondents: 53; Total Annual Responses: 1,060; Total Annual 
Hours: 22,684. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any 
related forms 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. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collections 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: Melissa Musotto, Room N2-14-26, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: May 7, 2002.
John P. Burke III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS 
Office of Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division 
of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-12351 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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