[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77800-77801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31912]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Indian Health Service Contract Health Service Report

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Request for Public Comment: 60-day Proposed Collection: Indian 
Health Service Contract Health Service Report.

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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS) as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
clearance consultation program to provide the general public and 
Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or 
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the IHS is providing a 60-day advance opportunity for public 
comment on a proposed extension of current information collection 
activity to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review.

Proposed Collection

    Title: 09-17-0002, ``IHS Contract Health Service Report''.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Form Number: IHS-843-1A, ``Purchase-Delivery Order for Health 
Services.''
    Need and Use of Information Collection: The Contract Health Service 
health care providers complete form IHS-843-1A to certify that they 
have performed the health services authorized by the IHS. The 
information is used to manage, administer, and plan for the provision 
of health services to eligible American Indian patients, process 
payments to providers, obtain program data, provide program statistics, 
and, serves as a legal document for health care services rendered.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, individuals, not-
for-profit institutions and State, local or Tribal government.
    Type of Respondents: Health care providers.
    The table below provides the type(s) of data collection 
instruments, estimated number of respondents, number of responses per 
respondent, average burden hour per response, and total annual burden 
hour.

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                                  Estimated
  Data collection instrument      number of     Responses per   Annual number  Average burden hr   Total annual
                                 respondents     respondent     of responses     per response*     burden hours
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IHS-843-1A...................           7,399              42         310,758  3 minutes........          15,538
IDS**........................          16,356               1          16,356  3 minutes........            818
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* For ease of understanding, the burden is provided in actual minutes.
** Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS)

    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

Request for Comments

    Your written comments and/or suggestions are invited on one or more 
of the following points: (a) Whether the information collection 
activity is necessary to carry out an agency function; (b) whether the 
agency processes the information collected in a useful and timely 
fashion; (c) the accuracy of public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the 
requested (information); (d) whether the methodology and assumptions 
used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and 
(f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the 
collection should be modified prior to submission to OMB for review and 
approval. Comments submitted in response to this notice also will be 
summarized or included in the IHS's requests to OMB for renewal of this 
collection. All comments will become a matter of public record.

ADDRESSES: Mail, fax or E-mail all written comments to Mr. Lance 
Hodahkwen, Sr., M.P.H., IHS Reports Clearance Officer, 12300 Twinbrook 
Parkway, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852-1601, fax (301) 443-2316, or E-
mail to: [email protected].]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information on 
the proposed project or for copies of the data collection instruments 
and instructions should be directed to Carol Littlefield, (301) 443-
2694, or through the Internet ([email protected]). Indian Health 
Service, Rey

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es Building, Room 300, 901 Thompson Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852-1627.

COMMENT DUE DATE: Your comments are best assured of having their full 
effect if received on or before February 18, 2003.

    Dated: December 12, 2002.
Charles W. Grim,
Assistant Surgeon General, Interim Director.
[FR Doc. 02-31912 Filed 12-18-02; 8:45 am]
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