[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16516-16517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-216 and CMS-10079]


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: Organ Procurement 
Organization/Histocompatibility Laboratory

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Statement of Reimbursable Costs, Manual Instructions and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR, 413.20 and 413.24; Form No.: CMS-216 
(OMB 0938-0102); Use: This form is required by statute and 
regulation for participation in the Medicare program. The information 
is used to determine payment for Medicare. Organ Procurement 
Organizations and Histocompatibility Laboratories are the users; 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, 
Not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local or Tribal Government; 
Number of Respondents: 108; Total Annual Responses: 108; Total Annual 
Hours: 4,860.
     2. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection: Title 
of Information Collection: Hospital Wage Index Occupational Mix Survey; 
Form No.: CMS-10079 (OMB 0938-NEW); Use: In the May 4, 2001 
Proposed Rule (66 FR 22674), CMS proposed to conduct a special survey 
to collect data from a sample of occupational categories that provide a 
valid measure of wage rates within a geographical area. In the August 
1, 2001 Final Rule (66 FR 39860), we responded to comments from the 
Proposed Rule and stated that, CMS will conduct a special survey of all 
short-term acute-care hospitals that are required to report wage data 
to collect these data. Section 304 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP 
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 requires CMS to collect 
wage data on hospital employees by occupational category. The 
collection is to be completed by September 30, 2003 and to be used to 
adjust the wage index by October 1, 2004; Frequency: Other: once every 
three years; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and Not-
for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 4,800; Total Annual 
Responses: 4,800; Total Annual Hours: 768,000.
    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: March 27, 2003.
Dawn Willinghan,
Acting, Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance 
Officer, Office of Strategic Operations and Strategic Affairs, Division 
of Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 03-8177 Filed 4-3-03; 8:45 am]
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