[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 39954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16815]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[CMS-10091]


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 (CMS)), 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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of 
Information Collection: UPIN (UPIN Physician Identification Number) 
Participating Directory/Accepting New Patients Indicator; Form No.: 
CMS-10091 (OMB 0938-NEW); Use: In November of 2000, CMS 
launched the Participating Physicians Directory on http://www.medicare.gov. This particular directory was created to provide 
beneficiaries with the names, addresses, and specialties of Medicare 
participating physicians who have agreed to accept assignment on all 
Medicare claims and covered services. CMS is adding information from 
already existing sources; in addition, CMS wants to collect a new data 
element ``Accepting New Patients Indicator'' which is essential to a 
beneficiary's search for a physician; Frequency: On occasion; Affected 
Public: Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 109,800; 
Total Annual Responses: 10,980; Total Annual Hours: 915.
    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: June 26, 2003.
Dawn Willinghan,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Division of Regulations Development and 
Issuances, Office of Strategic Operations and Strategic Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-16815 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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