[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 9671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4694]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifiers: CMS-R-143]


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: Analysis of Malpractice Premium 
Data;
    Form No.: CMS-R-143 (OMB 0938-0080);
    Use: Survey of medical liability insurers for use in computing the 
malpractice component of the geographic practice cost index and the 
malpractice relation value units;
    Frequency: Every 3 years;
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Gov't., Business or other 
for-profit, and not-for-profit insitutions;
    Number of Respondents: 50;
    Total Annual Responses: 50;
    Total Annual Hours: 150.
    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 20, 2003.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Strategic Operations and 
Strategic Affairs, Division of Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 03-4694 Filed 2-27-03; 8:45 am]
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