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(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.

1. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Request for

Hearing—Part B Medicare Claim and

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR

405.821; Form No.: HCFA–1965 (0938–

0034); Use: Section 1869 of the Social

Security Act authorizes a hearing for

any individual who is dissatisfied with

any determination and amount of

benefit paid. This form is used so that

a party may request a hearing by a

Hearing Officer because the review

determination failed to satisfy the

appellant. Frequency: Annually,

Quarterly and Monthly; Affected Public:

Individual or Households, and Not-forprofit institutions; Number of

Respondents: 55,000; Total Annual

Responses: 55,000; Total Annual Hours:

9,167.

2. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Request for

Reconsideration of Part A Insurance

Benefits and Supporting Regulations in

42 CFR 405.711; Form No.: HCFA–2649

(0938–0045); Use: Section 1869 of the

Social Security Act authorizes a hearing

for any individual who is dissatisfied

with the intermediary’s Part A

determination or the benefit amount

paid. This form is used by a party to

request a reconsideration of the initial

determination of benefits. Frequency:

Annually, Quarterly and Monthly;

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households, and Not-for-profit

institutions; Number of Respondents:

62,000; Total Annual Responses:

62,000; Total Annual Hours: 15,500.

3. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Request for Part

A Medicare Hearing by an

Administrative Law Judge and

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 498

Subpart D and E; Form No.: HCFA–

5011A–U6 (0938–0486); Use: Section

1869 of the Social Security Act

authorizes a hearing for any individual

who is dissatisfied with the

intermediary’s Part A determination or

the amount paid. This form is used by

the beneficiary or other qualified

appellant to request a hearing by an

Administrative Law Judge if the

reconsideration determination fails to

satisfy the appellant. Frequency:

Annually, Quarterly and Monthly;

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households, and Not-for-profit

institutions; Number of Respondents:

10,000; Total Annual Responses:

10,000; Total Annual Hours: 2,500.

4. Type of Information Collection

Request: Extension of a currently

approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: Request for Part

B Medicare Hearing by an

Administrative Law Judge and

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 498

Subpart D and E; Form No.: HCFA–

5011B–U6 (0938–0567); Use: Section

1869 of the Social Security Act

authorizes a hearing for any individual

who is dissatisfied with the carrier’s

Part B determination or the amount

paid. This form is used by the

beneficiary or other qualified appellant

to request a hearing by an

Administrative Law Judge if the hearing

officer’s decision fails to satisfy the

appellant. Frequency: Annually,

Quarterly and Monthly; Affected Public:

Individuals or Households, and Not-forprofit institutions; Number of

Respondents: 10,000; Total Annual

Responses: 10,000; Total Annual Hours:

2,500.

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, D.C. 20503.

Dated: August 3, 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. 00–24344 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Research and Demonstration Projects

for Indian Health

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of Single Source

Cooperative Agreement With the Center

for Native American Health, College of

Public Health, University of Arizona.

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service

(IHS) announces continuation of an

award of a cooperative agreement to the

Center for Native American Health

(CNAH), College of Public Health,

University of Arizona, for a

demonstration project to build and

expand on a unique collaborative

partnership that currently exists among

the CNAH, the IHS, and the Indian

tribes located in the southwestern part

of the country. This award is for a final

1-year continuation of a project

previously funded for a 2-year period

(September 1, 1998 through August 31,

2000). The continuation will be effective

September 1, 2000, through August 31,

2001. Funding for the continuation

period is $229,288 plus an annual inkind contribution by the University of

$94,696.

The award is issued under the

authority of the Public Health Service

Act, Section 301(a). A general program

description is contained in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance, number

93.933.

The specific objectives of the project

are: to increase opportunities for subspecialty medical care at reservation

health care facilities; to increase the

availability of telemedicine at

reservation health care facilities; to

enhance community health planning

and prevention activities; to facilitate

counseling of high school level Indian

students for entry into health careers;

and to demonstrate the possibilities of

replication of this collaborative project

at other sites.

Justification for Single Source: This

project has been awarded for an

additional 1-year continuation on a noncompetitive single source basis. The

CNAH is a unique organization within

the University that is guided by an

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Advisory Council composed of leaders

from 13 Indian tribes and tribal

organizations located in the

southwestern part of the country and

health professionals from the Arizona

Department of Health, the IHS, and the

University. This final year of funding

should allow this model demonstration

project to become self-sustaining.

Award of Cooperative Agreement: An

IHS employee who is serving as the

Director of CNAH will provide

substantial on-going IHS programmatic

involvement in the development and

direction of this demonstration project.

Also, the IHS has health professionals

providing project guidance as members

of the Advisory Council.

Contacts: For program information,

contact Ms. Jan Frederick, Acting Chief,

Nutrition and Dietetics, Phoenix Area

IHS, Two Renaissance Square, 40 North

Central, Phoenix, Arizona 85004,

telephone (602) 364–5197. For grants

information, contact Ms. Martha

Redhouse, Grants Management

Specialist, Division of Acquisitions and

Grants Management, Indian Health

Service, Suite 100, 12300 Twinbrook

Parkway, Rockville, Maryland 20852,

telephone (301) 443–5204.

Dated: September 14, 2000.

Michel E. Lincoln,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 00–24338 Filed 9–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Inspector General

Program Exclusions: August 2000

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of program exclusions.

During the month of August 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

ALMARALES, BEATRIZ ........... 09/20/00

MIAMI, FL

ARORA, VASU ......................... 09/20/00

LEXINGTON, KY

ARTEAGA, ISIDORO ............... 09/20/00

MIAMI, FL

BAKER, VALERIE .................... 09/20/00

MELVILLE, NY

BARTZ, NICHOLAS W ............. 09/20/00

PHOENIX, AZ

BENNETT, DEREK KEVIN ...... 09/20/00

DETROIT, MI

BRACKNEY, JOHN ALBERT ... 09/20/00

PEORIA, IL

BROWNING, JOSEPHINE A ... 09/20/00

SYLVANIA, OH

CARMONA, MARIA CLARA ..... 09/20/00

HIALEAH, FL

CASSITY, SHARON A ............. 09/20/00

TOLEDO, OH

CHONG, NANI .......................... 09/20/00

PHILADELPHIA, PA

CHONG, JOHN Y ..................... 09/20/00

PHILADELPHIA, PA

CRAUSMAN, JEFFREY ........... 09/20/00

TAFT, CA

CUELLO, CARMEN .................. 09/20/00

MIAMI, FL

CULLEN, ANDREW ................. 09/20/00

OCEANSIDE, NY

DALTON, NANCY SUE ............ 09/20/00

CLINTON, IA

DICKSON, DAVID .................... 09/20/00

MECHANICSBURG, PA

DREYFUSS, DONALD S ......... 09/20/00

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI

DUBOIS, MAXINE ELAINE ...... 09/20/00

SWARTZ CREEK, MI

EALY, MELISSA DAVINA ........ 09/20/00

GOSHEN, OH

EDELSTEIN, JOSEPH ............. 09/20/00

ARNOLD, PA

FINA, JOSE .............................. 09/20/00

MIAMI, FL

FRENCH, PAUL COMLY JR .... 09/20/00

BANGOR, MI

GANN, CHARLES THOMAS .... 09/20/00

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

GARCIA, HERIBERTO ............. 09/20/00

MIAMI, FL

GARRETT, KATHERYN JANE 09/20/00

POTEAU, OK

GLENN, SANDRA SUE ............ 09/20/00

FORT SMITH, AR

GOMAN, TRISH M ................... 09/20/00

GRADY, AR

GONZALEZ MARTINEZ,

LILIANA ................................. 09/20/00

MIAMI, FL

HADDOCK, CARROLL DEANE 09/20/00

YUMA, AZ

HANSON MEDICAL SUPPLY,

INC ........................................ 09/20/00

Subject city, state Effective

date

HANSON, MA

HYNES, GEORGE ADELBERT 09/20/00

MINERSVILLE, PA

JEFFRIES-GLASGOW, DEBORAH ....................................... 09/20/00

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

KEY, LEE T .............................. 09/20/00

CHICAGO, IL

KLAGES, LISA ANN ................. 09/20/00

MILO, IA

MINASYAN, NSHAN ................ 09/20/00

LOS ANGELES, CA

MINASYAN, AKOP ................... 09/20/00

MONTEBELLO, CA

OTERI, ROSEMARY ................ 09/20/00

HANSON, MA

PAPOLCZY, THERESA ........... 09/20/00

SANDOVAL, IL

PICCIOTTI, JOSEPH ............... 09/20/00

VOORHEES, NJ

PROGRESSIVE CARE AMBULANCE SVC .......................... 09/20/00

JESSUP, MD

PUBLIC GUARDIAN OF WEST

MICHIG ................................. 09/20/00

BANGOR, MI

RAWANA, SOROJUNI ............. 09/20/00

GANADO, AZ

REINKE, HOLLY ...................... 09/20/00

TOLEDO, OH

RIVERA, SUSAN ...................... 09/20/00

CHANDLER, AZ

ROBINSON, BYRON C ............ 09/20/00

MILTON, MA

ROSENBLATT, SIDNEY

MARVIN ................................ 09/20/00

BRONX, NY

ROSSITER, GROVER CLEVELAND ..................................... 09/20/00

LONGMONT, CO

RUSSELL, THOMAS W ........... 09/20/00

WHITE OAK, PA

SANCHEZ-ARGUELLO, JOSE

E ............................................ 09/20/00

MIAMI, FL

SHEPPARD, MILLARD C JR ... 09/20/00

JESSUP, MD

SIEGEL, HAROLD .................... 09/20/00

EASTCHESTER, NY

SIVERHUS, JAMES DELAINE 09/20/00

YOUNGTOWN, AZ

SPATZ, JEFFREY .................... 09/20/00

PITTSBURGH, PA

UPSHAW, ROBINLENE ........... 09/20/00

FRESNO, CA

VOLOSEVICH, EVELYN .......... 09/20/00

BALDWIN, NY

VOLOSEVICH HOME CARE,

INC ........................................ 09/20/00

BALDWIN, NY

FELONY CONV FOR HC FRAUD 1128(a)(3)

ALEXANDER, LEROY .............. 09/20/00

BONITA, CA

ANAYA, JAVIER MEDA ........... 09/20/00

TIJUANA, MEXICO

BAILEY, TONYA ....................... 09/20/00

PHILADELPHIA, PA

BLACKSHER, MARY MARGARET .................................. 09/20/00

BRYAN, TX

BROWER, CHRISTINA ............ 09/20/00