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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.

3. HCFA–841–853 Type of

Information Collection Request:

Revision of currently approved

collection; Title of Information

Collection: Durable Medical Equipment

Regional Carrier, Certificate of Medical

Necessity; Form Nos.: HCFA–841–853

(formally HCFA–R–182); Use: A

Certificate of Medical Necessity is a

standardized format used to

communicate information provide by an

attending physician and a supplier of

medical equipment and supplies. The

information is used by carriers to

determine the medical necessity of an

item or service covered by the Medicare

program and being used for the

treatment of the Medicare beneficiary’s

condition. The CMNs being submitted

for OMB review are necessary in order

for HCFA to determine the medical

necessity of the item or service. The

information needed to make this

determination requires application of

medical judgment that can only be

provided by a physician or other

clinician who is familiar with the

condition of the beneficiary; Frequency:

On Occasion; Affected Public: Suppliers

and physicians, business or other forprofit, federal government; Number of

Respondents: 140,000; Total Annual

Responses: 6.8 million; Total Annual

Hours Requested: 1.7 million.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms, E-mail

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 should be sent

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: February 18, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel,

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–4339 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

‘‘Low Income Levels’’ for Health

Professions and Nursing Programs

The Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) is updating

income levels used to identify a ‘‘low

income family’’ for the purpose of

providing training for individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds under

various health professions and nursing

programs included in titles VII and VIII

of the Public Health Service Act (the

Act).

The Department periodically

publishes in the Federal Register low

income levels used for grants and

cooperative agreements to institutions

providing training for individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds. A ‘‘low

income level’’ is one of the factors taken

into consideration to determine if an

individual qualifies as a disadvantaged

student for purposes of health

professions and nursing programs.

The programs under the Act that use

‘‘low income levels’’ as one of the

factors in determining disadvantaged

backgrounds include the Health Careers

Opportunity Program, section 740, the

Program of Financial Assistance for

Disadvantaged Health Professions

Students, section 740 (a)(2)(F), and

Nursing Education Opportunities for

Individuals from Disadvantaged

Backgrounds, section 827. Loans to

Disadvantaged Students, section 724,

Scholarships for Health Professions

Students from Disadvantaged

Backgrounds, section 737,

Disadvantaged Health Professions

Faculty Loan Repayment and

Fellowships Program, section 738 were

added to title VII by the Disadvantaged

Minority Health Improvement Act of

1990 (Pub. L. 101–527) and are also

using the low income levels. Other

factors used in determining

‘‘disadvantaged backgrounds’’ are

included in individual program

regulations and guidelines.

Health Careers Opportunity Program

(HCOP), Section 740

This program awards grants to

accredited schools of medicine,

osteopathic medicine, public health,

dentistry, veterinary medicine,

optometry, pharmacy, allied health,

podiatric medicine, chiropractic and

public or nonprofit private schools

which offer graduate programs in

clinical psychology, and other public or

private nonprofit health or educational

entities to assist individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds to enter and

graduate from health professions

schools.

Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged

Health Professions Students (FADHPS),

Section 740 (a)(2)(F)

This program awards grants to

accredited schools of medicine,

osteopathic medicine, and dentistry to

provide financial assistance to

individuals from disadvantaged

backgrounds who are of exceptional

financial need, to help pay for their

health professions education. The

provision of these scholarships shall be

subject to section 795 relating to

residency training and practice in

primary health care.

Nursing Education Opportunities for

Individuals From Disadvantaged

Backgrounds, Section 827

This program awards grants to public

and nonprofit private schools of nursing

and other public or nonprofit private

entities to meet costs of special projects

to increase nursing education

opportunities for individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds.

Loans to Disadvantaged Students,

Section 724

This program makes awards to certain

accredited schools of medicine,

osteopathic medicine, dentistry,

optometry, pharmacy, podiatric

medicine, and veterinary medicine for

financially needy students from

disadvantaged backgrounds.

Scholarships for Health Professions

Students From Disadvantaged

Backgrounds, Section 737

This program awards grants to schools

of medicine, nursing, osteopathic

medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,

podiatric medicine, optometry,

veterinary medicine, allied health, or

public health, or schools that offer

graduate programs in clinical

psychology for the purpose of assisting

such schools in providing scholarships

to individuals from disadvantaged

backgrounds who enrolled (or are

accepted for enrollment) as full-time

students.

Disadvantaged Health Professions

Faculty Loan Repayment and

Fellowship Program, Section 738

This program awards grants to repay

the health professions education loans

of disadvantaged health professionals

who have agreed to serve for at least 2

years as a faculty member of a school of

medicine, nursing, osteopathic

medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,

podiatric medicine, optometry,

veterinary medicine, public health, or a
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school that offers a graduate program in

clinical psychology. Section 738 (a)

allows loan repayment only for an

individual who has not been a member

of the faculty of any school at any time

during the 18-month period preceding

the date on which the Secretary receives

the request of the individual for

repayment contract (ie.,’’new’’ faculty).

The following income figures were

taken from low income levels published

by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, using

an index adopted by a Federal

Interagency Committee for use in a

variety of Federal Programs. That index

includes multiplication by a factor of

1.3 for adaptation to health professions

and nursing programs which support

training for individuals from

disadvantaged backgrounds. The

income figures have been updated to

reflect increases in the Consumer Price

Index through December 31, 1996.

Size of parents family 1 Income

Level 2

1 .................................................... $10,500

2 .................................................... 13,700

3 .................................................... 16,300

4 .................................................... 20,800

5 .................................................... 24,600

6 or more ...................................... 27,600

1 Includes only dependents listed on Federal

income tax forms. 2 Rounded to the nearest $100. Adjusted

gross income for calendar year 1996.

Dated: February 14, 1997.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–4304 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

Office of Inspector General

Program Exclusions: January 1997

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of program exclusions.

During the month of January 1997, 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, Maternal and

Child Health Services Block Grant and

Block Grants to States for Social

Services 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

ALS, DARRELL LAMONT, LITTLE ROCK, AR ....................... 01/29/97

BASS, SUZANNE, HOPKINSVILLE, KY ................................ 01/30/97

BILODEAU, TINA R, CRESCENT CITY, CA ...................... 02/04/97

BRADLEY, GEOFFREY STEPHEN, STRAWBERRY

PLAINS, TN ............................. 02/03/97

CALHOON, JOHN E, ST PETERSBURG, FL ...................... 01/30/97

DEROSA, KAREN R, KNOXVILLE, TN ................................ 02/03/97

FLEMING, PAUL D, LITTLE

ROCK, AR ............................... 01/29/97

FOLEY, CANDACE E,

WINTERPORT, ME ................. 02/03/97

GAINEY, WAYMON R, FAYETTEVILLE, NC ...................... 01/30/97

GIFFORD, LOREN ARDEN,

SPRINGFIELD, MO ................ 01/29/97

GONZALEZ, JOANN, MIAMI, FL 01/30/97

GRAY, REL, OAKDALE, LA ....... 01/29/97

HENDERSON, RANDOLF L,

HOPKINSVILLE, KY ............... 01/30/97

HENDERSON, LEROY R, TEXARKANA, TX ........................... 01/29/97

JORDAN, CARL RANKIN, SAVANNAH, GA .......................... 01/30/97

MATUTE, JOSE MANUEL,

MIAMI, FL ................................ 01/30/97

NEVINS, RICHARD L, EL

PASO, TX ................................ 01/29/97

NORTH SHORE EYE CLINIC,

P.A., HOUSTON, TX ............... 01/29/97

SAGMAQUEN, ROLANDA R,

FRESNO, CA .......................... 02/04/97

SHELLY, RANDY, OVILLA, TX .. 01/29/97

SIMPSON, TAMMY S, KNOXVILLE, TN ................................ 02/03/97

SKODNEK, RICHARD P, MONTGOMERY, PA ......................... 02/03/97

VENABLE, GLORIA, CORAL

CITY, FL .................................. 01/30/97

PATIENT ABUSE/NEGLECT CONVICTIONS

ALLEN, JAMES CHRISTOPHER, TAFT, OK ............... 01/29/97

AVANT, GUY RICHARD, HAMPTON, AR .................................. 01/29/97

BARKER, TABITHA N,

FRANKLINTON, LA ................ 01/29/97

BATES, THOMAS W, MEMPHIS, TN ................................. 01/30/97

BERRY, ESSIE M, AURORA,

CO ........................................... 02/18/97

BUSH, CHARLES LAMONT, ABILENE, TX ............................... 01/29/97

SUBJECT, CITY, STATE

EFFECTIVE

DATE

DENNEY, VICKIE SUE, ARDMORE, OK .............................. 01/29/97

GIPSON, RUTH EVELYN,

STRATFORD, OK ................... 01/29/97

HOLLAND, CAROL RENEE,

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK ........... 01/29/97

JOWERS, ELBERT JR, ALEXANDRIA, LA ............................ 01/29/97

KING, CAROLYN ANN, SAYRE,

OK ........................................... 01/29/97

MATHIS, CHARLES R, MILLERS CREEK, NC .................. 01/30/97

MILES, CARL STEVEN, PAULS

VALLEY, OK ........................... 01/29/97

SAYSON, DANIEL M, OAK

HARBOR, WA ......................... 02/04/97

SPIRKA, JOHN F, PASCOAG,

RI ............................................. 02/03/97

VIGIL, MELVIN PAUL, GRANTS,

NM ........................................... 01/29/97

CONVICTION FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD

BARRINGTON, RAMONA L,

SOAPLAKE, WA ..................... 02/04/97

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CONVICTIONS

BROWN, JAMES JOSEPH,

DELRAY BEACH, FL .............. 01/30/97

LICENSE REVOCATION/SUSPENSION/

SURRENDER

ANTHONY, NETTIE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO ............. 02/18/97

BALLARD, MARLA JUNE,

LINSIDE, WV .......................... 02/03/97

BLACKWELL, BARBARA

REECE, ELIZABETHTON, TN 01/30/97

BROWN, MAUREEN ANNE,

PORTSMOUTH, NH ............... 02/03/97

CALLAHAN, GUY, CLEARWATER, FL ............................. 02/03/97

CHANG, DEBORAH RUTH,

DERRY, NH ............................ 02/03/97

CLEGG, SANDRA, LEBANON,

NH ........................................... 02/03/97

COXEN, DIANNA, COLORADO

SPRINGS, CO ......................... 02/18/97

DAIGLE, THEOPHILE H,

CLAREMONT, NH .................. 02/03/97

DAVIS, FORREST, SIERRA

VISTA, AZ ............................... 02/03/97

DEGUZMAN, ANTONIO, PEMBROKE, MA ............................ 02/03/97

DENEHY, MARY, HARWINTON,

CT ............................................ 02/03/97

DERBY, JAMES H, WATERFORD, CT ............................... 02/03/97

DEVAN, KAJUAN M, DENVER,

CO ........................................... 02/18/97

DRAGONAS, PETER H, BEVERLY, MA ............................... 02/03/97

EMOND, JAMES A, MANCHESTER, NH ........................ 02/03/97

FACKLER, JANELL, STERLING,

CO ........................................... 02/18/97

FISCHL, HENRY J, BRIGHTON,

TN ............................................ 01/30/97

FROST, JENNIFER, AURORA,

CO ........................................... 02/18/97

FULLER, LOUISE H, WINDSOR,

MA ........................................... 02/03/97

FULLER, MARK, DENVER, CO 02/18/97