[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 50443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19499]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-21]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
    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: Withholding 
Medicare Payments to Recover Medicaid Overpayments and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 447.31; Form No.: CMS-R-21 (OMB# 0938-0287); Use: 
Overpayments may occur in either the Medicare and Medicaid program, at 
times resulting in a situation where an institution or person that 
provides services owes a repayment to one program while still receiving 
reimbursement from the other. Certain Medicaid providers that are 
subject to offsets for the collection of Medicaid overpayments may 
terminate or substantially reduce their participation in Medicaid, 
leaving the State Medicaid Agency unable to recover the amounts due. 
These information collection requirements give CMS the authority to 
recover Medicaid overpayments by offsetting payments due to a provider 
under the program; Frequency: On occasion; Affected Public: State, 
Local, or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 54; Total Annual 
Responses: 27; Total Annual Hours: 81.
    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 Strategic 
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development 
and Issuances, Attention: Julie Brown Attn: CMS-R-21, Room N2-14-26, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: July 25, 2002.
John P. Burke, III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer, 
Office of Strategic Operations and Strategic Affairs, Division of 
Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 02-19499 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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