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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42258-42259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20610]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-R-77]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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, is 
publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public 
comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this

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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: Procedures for 
determining whether providers, practitioners, or other suppliers of 
services are liable for certain noncovered services; Form No.: HCFA-R-
77; Use: BERC-273-F requires Peer Review Organizations (PROs) to 
provide written notification of noncovered services to beneficiaries 
and/or providers, practitioners and suppliers. The notification 
provides provider, practitioner or supplier with 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. Frequency: Monthly; Affected Public: 
Business or other for-profit, Individuals or Households; Number of 
Respondents: 724,271; Total Annual Responses: 2,897,085; Total Annual 
Hours: 241,424.
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Indirect Medical 
Education (IME) and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR 412.105; Form No.: 
HCFA-R-64; Use: The collection of information on Interns and Residents 
(IR) is needed to properly calculate Medicare program payments to 
hospitals that incur indirect costs for medical education. The reports 
provide contractors with information to ensure that hospitals are 
properly reimbursed for IME, and eliminate IME duplicate reporting. 
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Not-for profit institutions, 
Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 1300; Total Annual 
Responses: 1300; Total Annual Hours: 3,250.
    To obtain copies of the supporting statement for the proposed 
paperwork collections referenced above, or to obtain the supporting 
statement and any related forms, E-mail your request, including your 
address and phone number, to P[email protected], 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, Information Technology 
Investment Management Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Attention: John Rudolph, Room C2-26-17, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: July 29, 1997.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards, 
Health Care Financing Administration HCFA, Office of Financial and 
Human Resources.
[FR Doc. 97-20610 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4120-03-P
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