Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 92 / Thursday, May 11, 2000 / Notices 30415

the OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 2050.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–11846 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–312]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission For OMB

Review; Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information. Interested

persons are invited to send comments

regarding the 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.

Type of Information Collection

Request: New Collection;

Title of Information Collection:

Conflict of Interest and Ownership and

Control Information;

Form No.: HCFA–R–312 (OMB#

0938–NEW);

Use: This Conflict of Interest

questionnaire is sent to all Medicare

Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) and Carriers

to collect full and complete information

on any entity’s or individual’s

ownership interest (defined as a 5 per

centum or more) in an organization that

may present a potential conflict of

interest in their role as a Medicare FI or

Carrier. The information gathered is

used to ensure that all potential,

apparent and actual conflicts of interest

involving Medicare contracts are

appropriately mitigated and that

employees of the contractors, including

officers, directors, trustees and members

of their immediate families, do not

utilize their positions with the

contractor for their own private business

interest to the detriment of the Medicare

program.;

Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions, and Business or other forprofit;

Number of Respondents: 42;

Total Annual Responses: 42;

Total Annual Hours: 126.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, access

HCFA’s web site address at http://

www.hcfa.gov/regs/prdact95.htm, or Email your request, including your

address and phone number, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB Desk Officer designated at the

following address: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 25, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–11847 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Inspector General

Program Exclusions: April 2000

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of program exclusions.

During the month of April 2000, the

HHS Office of Inspector General

imposed exclusions in the cases set

forth below. When an exclusion is

imposed, no program payment is made

to anyone for any items or services

(other than an emergency item or

service not provided in a hospital

emergency room) furnished, ordered or

prescribed by an excluded party under

the Medicare, Medicaid, and all Federal

Health Care programs. In addition, no

program payment is made to any

business or facility, e.g., a hospital, that

submits bills for payment for items or

services provided by an excluded party.

Program beneficiaries remain free to

decide for themselves whether they will

continue to use the services of an

excluded party even though no program

payments will be made for items and

services provided by that excluded

party. The exclusions have national

effect and also apply to all Executive

Branch procurement and nonprocurement programs and activities.

Subject, City, State Effective

date

Program-Related Convictions

Akpan, Adelia, Brooklyn, NY .... 05/18/2000

Andrickson, Eduardo, Flushing,

NY ......................................... 05/18/2000

Arcilla, Coleen Burke,

Ronkonkoma, NY .................. 05/18/2000

Arrillaga, Abenamar, White

Deer, PA ............................... 05/18/2000

Askanazi, Jeffrey, Hudson, OH 05/18/2000

Balakrishna, Banga M., Bloomfield Hills, MI ......................... 05/18/2000

Beehm, William, Penfield, NY .. 05/18/2000

Berlin, Sanford, Tucson, AZ ..... 05/18/2000

................................................... 05/18/2000

Blanchard, Douglas J., Orange

Park, FL ................................ 05/18/2000

Boudreaux, Jeffrey D., Baton

Rouge, LA ............................. 05/18/2000

Burnette, Barbara E., Boca

Raton, FL .............................. 05/18/2000

Cornett, Marston, Hazard, KY .. 05/18/2000

Costa, Karen T., Northfield, NH 05/18/2000

Darty, Gwendolyn W., Mobile,

AL .......................................... 05/18/2000

Doble, Brook A., Shoreline, WA 05/18/2000

Dubovoy, Alexander, Mineola,

NY ......................................... 05/18/2000

Eastern Medical Billing, Inc.,

Lewisburg, PA ....................... 05/18/2000

Elk Transportation, Inc.,

Lewisburg, PA ....................... 05/18/2000

Fort, Daniel, Miami, FL ............. 05/18/2000

Frazier, Jerry Lee, Sr., Harvey,

LA .......................................... 05/18/2000

Freitag, Joseph Harry, Denver,

CO ......................................... 05/18/2000

Fuller, Marie Rose, Medford,

OR ......................................... 05/18/2000

Garcia, Gerald H., Jr., Bisbee,

AZ .......................................... 05/18/2000

Gates, Eveline, Lafayette, NY .. 05/18/2000

Gomez, Francisco, Bronx, NY .. 05/18/2000

Harris, William H., Toledo, OH 05/18/2000

Hasan, Isa, Northville, MI ......... 05/18/2000

Hurley, Samantha L., Daleville,

IN ........................................... 05/18/2000

Independence Ems, Inc.,

Lewisburg, PA ....................... 05/18/2000

Jarrell, Jay A., Chapel Hill, NC 05/18/2000

Kestel, Scott C., Ontario, OR ... 05/18/2000

Kirwan, Jonathan J., Penfield,

NY ......................................... 05/18/2000

Lenard, Kimberly, Oden, AR .... 05/18/2000

Leon, Jack, Vineland, NJ ......... 05/18/2000

Leonard, Jonathan B., New

York, NY ................................ 05/18/2000

Lunsford Wood, Juanita, Pine

Bluff, AR ................................ 05/18/2000