[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50444-50445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19502]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-232]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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

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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: Medicare Program 
Integrity Program Organizational Conflict of Interest Disclosure 
Certificate and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 421.300 and 421.318; 
Form No.: CMS-R-232 (OMB #0938-0723); Use: This information is used to 
assess whether contractors who perform, or who seek to perform, 
Medicare Integrity Program functions, such as medical review, fraud 
review or cost audits, have organizational conflicts of interest and 
whether any conflicts have been resolved. The entities providing the 
information will be organizations that have been awarded, or seek award 
of, a Medicare Integrity Program contract; Frequency: On occasion; 
Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit; Number of Respondents: 
5; Total Annual Responses: 5; Total Annual Hours: 1,000.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms 
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS 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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Brenda Aguilar, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 23, 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. 02-19502 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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