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approved collection; Title of

Information Collection: CLIA Budget

Workload Reports and Supporting

Regulations in 42 CFR 493.1-.2001;

Form No.: HCFA–102/105 (OMB# 0938–

0599); Use: This information will be

used by HCFA to determine the amount

of Federal reimbursement for

compliance surveys. In addition, the

HCFA 102/105 is used for program

evaluation, budget formulation and

budget approval; Frequency: Quarterly

and Annually; Affected Public: State,

local or tribal government; Number of

Respondents: 50; Total Annual

Responses: 331; Total Annual Hours:

4,500.

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: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–13673 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–216]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration.

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: Procedures for

Advisory Opinions Concerning

Physician Referrals and Supporting

Regulations in 42 CFR 411.370 through

411.389; Form No.: HCFA–R–216

(OMB# 0938–0714); Use: Section 4314

of Public Law 105–33, in establishing

section 1877(g)(6) of the Act, requires

the Department to provide advisory

opinions to the public regarding

whether a physician’s referrals for

certain designated health services are

prohibited under the other provisions in

section 1877 of the Act. These

regulations provide the procedures

under which members of the public may

request advisory opinions from HCFA.

Because all requests for advisory

opinions are purely voluntary,

respondents will only be required to

provide information to us that is

relevant to their individual requests;

Frequency: On occasion; Affected

Public: Not-for-profit institutions,

Business or other for-profit, and

Individuals and Households; Number of

Respondents: 200; Total Annual

Responses: 200; Total Annual Hours:

2,000.

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: Allison Eydt, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: May 14, 1998.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office

of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–13674 Filed 5–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA–R–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; 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, 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.

Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change

of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired.; Title of

Information Collection: Physician

Certifications/Recertification in Skilled

Nursing Facilities Manual Instructions

and Supporting Regulations 42 CFR

424.20; Form No.: HCFA–R–5; Use: The

Medicare program requires as a

condition of participation for Medicare

Part A payment for posthospital skilled

nursing facility (SNF) services, that a

physician must certify and periodically

recertify that a beneficiary requires an

SNF level of care. The physician

certification requirement is intended to

ensure that the beneficiary’s need for

services has been established and then

reviewed and updated at appropriate

intervals. Frequency: On occasion;

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit,

not -for-profit institutions, State, Local

or Tribal Government; Number of