[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53004-53005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20521]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-138]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare 
Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRG) Procedures and Criteria 
and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, Section 412.256 & 412.230; Form 
No.: CMS-R-138 (OMB 0938-0573); Use: This collection sets up 
an application process for prospective payment system hospitals who 
choose to appeal their geographic status to the Medicare Geographic 
Classification Review Board (MGCRB). This also establishes procedural 
guidelines for the MGCRB.; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit, and Not-for-profit institutions; Number 
of Respondents: 650; Total Annual Responses: 650; Total Annual Hours: 
650.
    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 
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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: August 7, 2002.
John P. Burke, III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer, 
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of 
Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 02-20521 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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