[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 12 (Friday, January 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 2532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-604]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-1728-94 and CMS-10091]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 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 & Medicaid 
Services (CMS) 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: Home Health 
Agency Cost Report; Use: Providers of services participating in the 
Medicare program are required under sections 1815(a) and 1861(v)(1)(A) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g) to submit annual 
information to achieve settlement of costs for health care services 
rendered to Medicare beneficiaries. The CMS-1728-94 cost report is 
needed to determine the amount of reimbursable cost, based upon the 
cost limits, that is due these providers furnishing medical services to 
Medicare beneficiaries. Form Number: CMS-1728-94 (OMB: 0938-
0022); Frequency: Reporting: Yearly; Affected Public: Business or other 
for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 
5069; Total Annual Responses: 5069; Total Annual Hours: 892,144.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Accepting New 
Patients Indicator UPIN (Unique Physician Identification Number) 
Participating Physicians Directory; Use: CMS is expanding the 
Participating Physician Directory to provide additional information 
about physicians who participate in Medicare. The new data element 
``accepting new Medicare patients'' will provide beneficiaries and 
other users with much needed information about the physicians who 
participate in the Medicare program. It will also provide a service to 
physicians who are either seeking new Medicare patients or who wish to 
reduce the burden of responding to callers when they are no longer 
accepting new Medicare patients. Form Number: CMS-10091 (OMB: 
0938-0905); Frequency: Reporting: Daily, Weekly and Yearly; Affected 
Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; 
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' 
Web site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 
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.
    To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collections must be received at the address below, 
no later than 5 p.m. on March 20, 2007.
    CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 
Division of Regulations Development--C, Attention: Bonnie L Harkless, 
Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: January 10, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E7-604 Filed 1-18-07; 8:45 am]
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