[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 179 (Thursday, September 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47801-47802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22271]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Indian Health Service Contract Health Services Report

AGENCY: Indian Health Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 which requires a 60-day advance opportunity for 
public comment on the proposed information collection project, the 
Indian Health Service (IHS) is publishing for comment a summary of a 
proposed information collection to be submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
    Proposed Collection: Title: 0917-0002, ``Indian Health Service 
Contract Health Services Report.'' Type of Information Collection 
Request: Three year renewal, with change of currently approved 
information collection, 0917-0002, ``Indian Health Service Contract 
Health Services Report'' Form Number(s): IHS-843-1A. Reporting formats 
are contained in an IHS Contract Health Services Manual Exhibit and IHS 
Web site. Need and Use of Information Collection: The IHS Contract 
Health Services Program needs this information to certify that the 
health care services requested and authorized by the IHS have been 
performed by the Contract Health Services provider(s); to have 
providers validate services provided; to process payments for health 
care services performed by such providers; and to serve as a legal 
document for health and medical care authorized by IHS and rendered by 
health care providers under contract with the IHS.
    Affected Public: Patients, health and medical care providers or 
Tribal Governments.
    Type of Respondents: Health and medical care providers.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Annual number of responses, Average burden hour per response, and Total 
annual burden hours.

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                                     Estimated                                    Average burden
  Data collection instrument(s)      number of     Responses per  Annual  number     hour  per     Total annual
                                    respondents     respondent     of  responses     response*     burden hours
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IHS-843-1A......................           7,424              51         326,145   0.05 (3 mins)          16,307
IDS**...........................          15,157               1          15,157   0.05 (3 mins)             757
    Total.......................          22,581  ..............  ..............  ..............          17,064
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* For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
** Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS)


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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Request for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the 
information collection activity is necessary to carry out an agency 
function; (b) whether the IHS processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion; (c) the accuracy of the public burden 
estimate (this is the amount of time needed for individual respondents 
to provide the requested information); (d) whether the methodology and 
assumptions used to determine the estimate are logical; (e) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being 
collected; and (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use 
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: Send your 
written comments and requests for more information on the proposed 
collection or requests to obtain a copy of the data collection 
instrument and instructions to: Ms. Betty Gould, Reports Clearance 
Officer, 801 Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, Rockville, MD 20852, call 
non-toll free (301) 443-7899, send via facsimile to (301) 443-9879, or 
send your e-mail requests, comments, and return address to: 
[email protected].
    Comment Due Date: Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 
days of the date of this publication.

    Dated: September 3, 2009.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E9-22271 Filed 9-16-09; 8:45 am]
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