[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7792-7793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-367, 367a, b, and c, CMS-1957, CMS-R-48]


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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Drug 
Rebate Program--Manufacturers; Form No.: 0938-0578; Use: Section 1927 
requires drug manufacturers to enter

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into and have in effect a rebate agreement with the Federal Government 
for States to receive funding for drugs dispensed to Medicaid 
recipients; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit; Number of Respondents: 570; Total Annual Responses: 2,280; 
Total Annual Hours: 54,780.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: SSO Report of 
State Buy-In Problems and Supporting Regulation at 42 CFR 407.40; Form 
No.: CMS-1957; Use: The CMS-1957 is issued to assist with 
communications between the Social Security District Offices, Medicaid 
State Agencies and CMS Central Offices in the resolution of beneficiary 
entitlement under state buy-ins. It is used when a problem arises which 
cannot be resolved thru normal data exchange. Frequency: On occasion; 
Affected Public: Individuals or households, State, Local or Tribal 
Government; Number of Respondents: 3,000; Total Annual Hours: 1075.
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital COP-42 
CFR 482, 482.12, 482.13, 482.22, 482.27, 482.30, 482.41, 482.43, 
482.53, 482.56, 482.57, 482.60, 482.61, 482.62, 482.66, 485.618, and 
485.631.; Form No.: CMS-R-48 (OMB  0938-0328); Use: Hospitals 
seeking to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must meet 
the Conditions of Participation (COP) for Hospitals, 42 CFR part 482. 
The information collection requirements contained in this package are 
needed to implement the Medicare and Medicaid COP for hospitals.; 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, Local, or 
Tribal Gov.; Number of Respondents: 6,017; Total Annual Responses: 
6,017; Total Annual Hours: 3,737,303.00.
    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://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/default.asp, 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: Dawn Willinghan, Room: C5-14-03, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: February 6, 2003.
John P. Burke, III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Strategic Affairs, Division of Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 03-3785 Filed 2-14-03; 8:45 am]
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