[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 28009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12800]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-240]


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.
    (1) Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a 
currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: 
Prospective Payments for Hospital Outpatient Services and Supporting 
Regulations in 42 CFR 413.24, 413.65, and 419.42; Form No.: CMS-R-240 
(OMB 0938-0798); Use: As required by sections 4521, 4522, and 
4523 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, CMS-1005FC eliminates the 
formula driven overpayment for certain outpatient hospital services, 
extends reductions in payment for costs of hospital outpatient 
services, and establishes in regulations a prospective payment system 
for hospital outpatient services. The rule also establishes in 
regulations the requirements for designating certain entities as 
provider-based or as a department of a hospital; Frequency: Other--as 
needed; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and not-for-
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 750; Total Annual 
Responses: 2,272; Total Annual Hours: 41,063.
    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://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 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. Fax 
Number: (202) 395-6974.

    Dated: May 15, 2003.
Dawn Willinghan,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Division of Regulations Development and 
Issuances, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-12800 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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