[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 242 (Friday, December 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67230-67231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30115]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information
Collection: Indian Health Service Contract Health Services Report
AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.
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 30-day advance opportunity for
public comment on the proposed information collection project, 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.
The IHS received no comments in response to the 60-day Federal
Register notice 74 FR 47801 published on September 17, 2009. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment to be submitted directly to OMB.
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:
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
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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 51 378,624 0.05 (3 mins).... 18,931
IDS**........................ 15,157 1 15,157 0.05 (3 mins).... 758
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Total.................... 22,581 .............. .............. ................. 19,689
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*For ease of understanding, burden hours are also provided in actual minutes.
**Inpatient Discharge Summary (IDS)
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.
Direct Comments to OMB: Send your written comments and suggestions
regarding the proposed information collection contained in this notice,
especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated
response time to: Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk
Officer for IHS, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Send Comments and Requests for Further Information: To request more
information on the proposed collection or to obtain a copy of the data
collection instrument and/or instructions, contact: 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 30
days of the date of this publication.
Dated: December 11, 2009.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. E9-30115 Filed 12-17-09; 8:45 am]
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