[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47327-47328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20271]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-437, 437A, and 437B; CMS 576]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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 (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.
    1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Psychiatric Unit 
Criteria Worksheet, Rehabilitation Unit Criteria Worksheet, and 
Rehabilitation Hospital Criteria Worksheet, and Supporting Regulations 
at 42 CFR 412.20-412.32; Form No.: CMS-437, 437A, and 437B 
(OMB 0938-0358); Use: The rehabilitation hospital/unit and 
psychiatric unit criteria worksheets are necessary to verify and 
reverify that these facilities/units comply and remain in compliance 
with the exclusion criteria for the Medicare prospective payment 
system; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other-for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, State, local, or tribal 
government.; Number of Respondents: 2,580; Total Annual Responses: 
2,580; Total Annual Hours: 645.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Organ Procurement 
Organization (OPO) Request for Designation and Supporting

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Regulations in 42 CFR 486.301--486.325; Form No.: CMS-576 (OMB 
0938-0512); Use: The information provided on this form serves as a 
basis for certifying OPOs for participation in the Medicare and 
Medicaid programs and will indicate whether the OPO is meeting the 
specified performance standards for reimbursement of service; 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, and 
Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 59; Total Annual 
Responses: 59; Total Annual Hours: 118.
    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.

    Date: July 31, 2003.
Dawn Willinghan,
Acting CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Division of Regulations 
Development and Issuances, Office of Strategic Operations and Strategic 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-20271 Filed 8-7-03; 8:45 am]
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