42022 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 131 / Friday, July 7, 2000 / Notices

minimize the information collection

burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection;

Title of Information Collection:

Limitation on Liability and Information

Collection Requirements Referenced in

42 CFR 411.404, 411.406, and 411.408;

Form No.: HCFA–R–77 (OMB# 0938–

0465);

Use: The Medicare program requires

to provide written notification of

noncovered services to beneficiaries by

the providers, practitioners, and

suppliers. The notification gives the

beneficiary, provider, practitioner, or

supplier knowledge that Medicare will

not pay for items or services mentioned

in the notification. After this

notification, any future claim for the

same or similar services will not be paid

by the program and the affected parties

will be liable for the noncovered

services.

Frequency: Other; as needed;

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households;

Number of Respondents: 890,826;

Total Annual Responses: 3,563,304;

Total Annual Hours: 296,942.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, access HCFA’s Web

Site address at http://www.hcfa.gov/

regs/prdact95.htm, or E-mail your

request, including your address, phone

number, OMB number, and HCFA

document identifier, 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 60 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

HCFA, Office of Information Services,

Security and Standards Group, Division

of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2–

14–26, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850.

Dated: June 28, 2000.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Security and

Standards Group, Division of HCFA

Enterprise Standards.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–1140–N]

Medicare Program; Question and

Answer Session on July 24, 2000 To

Discuss Remaining Concerns About

the Implementation of the Hospital

Outpatient Prospective Payment

System (PPS)

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting to provide an

opportunity for hospital administrators,

hospital industry representatives,

hospital professionals, community

mental health centers, home health

agencies, comprehensive outpatient

rehabilitation facilities, beneficiary

advocates and other interested parties,

to have pre-submitted questions and

issues answered regarding remaining

concerns they may have about the

August, 2000 implementation of the

hospital outpatient prospective payment

system. Appropriate HCFA staff will be

present to ensure that those questions

and concerns will be answered.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

July 24, 2000 from 9:30 a.m. until 4

p.m., E.D.T. The morning session (9:30

a.m. until 12) will be for hospital

providers and the afternoon session

(1:30 p.m. until 4 p.m.) will be for other

providers; that is, community mental

health centers (CMHCs, home health

agencies (HHAs), and comprehensive

outpatient rehabilitation facilities

(CORFs).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the HCFA Central Office Main

Auditorium, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21244.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Hunt, (410) 786–7874 or Mary Loane,

(410) 786–1405 (for registration

information and pre-submitted

questions).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On April 7, 2000 a final rule with

comment period on the hospital

outpatient prospective payment system

(PPS) was published. This new PPS will

go into effect for hospital outpatient

services designated by the Secretary,

certain Part B services furnished to

hospital inpatients who have no Part A

coverage, and partial hospitalization

services furnished by community

mental health centers. This outpatient

PPS was enacted as part of the Balanced

Budget Act of 1997. This meeting will

provide a forum, for outpatient

facilities, to receive answers to their presubmitted questions and issues

concerning the August, 2000,

implementation of hospital outpatient

PPS.

The format of the meeting will be a

question and answer session.

Appropriate HCFA staff will be present

to ensure that questions and concerns

will be answered.

During this session, major provider

organizations are invited to give a brief

pre-scheduled statement on the coming

implementation of the outpatient PPS.

Those organizations wishing to take

advantage of this opportunity should

submit their statement in writing to

HCFA not less than 3 working days

prior to this meeting and make copies

available to attendees on the day of the

conference.

While the meeting is open to the

public, attendance is limited to space

available. Individuals must register in

advance as described below.

Registration

Individuals may register by following

the directions soon to be posted on the

HCFA website, www.hcfa.gov. Once

individuals are on this website, they

will need to highlight the red bullet, in

the lower right hand corner, titled

‘‘Events, Meetings, and Workgroups.’’

Individuals should also submit

questions they would like to have

answered, no later than July 14, 2000,

by following the directions soon to be

posted on the same HCFA website,

www.hcfa.gov. The registration site will

link you to the site for submission of

questions.

Each participant will be provided

with a meeting agenda at the time of the

meeting.

If individuals have questions

regarding registration; would like to

register by phone; or would like to

submit questions regarding hospital

outpatient PPS issue, they should

contact Judy Hunt (410) 786–7874 or

Mary Loane (410) 786–1405.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773 Medicare—Hospital

Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: June 30, 2000.

Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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