[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 120 (Friday, June 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34467-34468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12043]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10047]


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: Physicians' 
Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial 
Relationships and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR, 411.352 through 
411.361; Use: The collection of information contained in 42 CFR 
411.352(d), 411.354(d), 411.355(e), 411.357(a), (b), (d), (e), (h), 
(l), (p), and (s), and 411.361 is necessary to allow CMS to implement 
section 1877 of the Social Security Act. CMS issued these regulations 
to comply with the provisions of section 1877 of the Social Security 
Act that prohibit a physician from referring a patient to an entity for 
a designated health service for which Medicare might otherwise pay, if 
the physician or an immediate family member has a financial 
relationship with the entity, unless an exception applies. Form Number: 
CMS-10047 (OMB: 0938-0846); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 
Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-profit institutions; 
Number of Respondents: 773,608; Total Annual Responses: 773,608; Total 
Annual Hours: 219,322.
    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 August 21, 2007.

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    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: June 14, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-12043 Filed 6-21-07; 8:45 am]
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