Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices 61171

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–1728–94]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS. 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 this

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: Revision of a currently

approved collection.

Title of Information Collection: Home

Health Agency Cost Report and

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR

413.20, 413.24, and 413.106.

Form No.: HCFA–1728–94 (OMB

0938–0022).

Use: Form HCFA–1728–94 is the form

used by HHAs participating in the

Medicare program. This form reports the

health care costs used to determine the

amount of reimbursable costs for

services rendered to Medicare

beneficiaries.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit; not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 8,950.

Total Annual Responses: 8,950.

Total Annual Hours: 1,599,700.

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 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 6, 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. 00–26418 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–437]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

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 this 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: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Title of Information Collection:

Psychiatric Unit Criteria Worksheet,

Rehabilitation Unit Criteria Worksheet,

and Rehabilitation Hospital Criteria

Worksheet, and Supporting Regulations

at 42 CFR 412.20–412.30.

Form No.: HCFA–437, 437A, and

437B (OMB # 0938–0358).

Use: The rehabilitation hospital/unit

and psychiatric unit criteria worksheets

are necessary to verify and reverify that

these facilities/units comply and remain

in compliance with the exclusion

criteria for the Medicare prospective

payment system.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, State,

local, or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 2,580.

Total Annual Responses: 2,580.

Total Annual Hours: 645.

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 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB desk officer: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch,

Attention: Wendy Taylor, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: October 5, 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. 00–26419 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–0094]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

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 this 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;