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[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 116 (Friday, June 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32630-32631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15096]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-234]

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

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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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection;
    Title of Information Collection: Subpart D--Private Contracts and 
Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 405.410, 405.430, 405.435, 405.440, 
405.445, 405.455, 410.61, 415.110, and 424.24;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-234 (OMB # 0938-0730);
    Use: Section 4507 of the BBA of 1997 amended section 1802 of the 
Social Security Act to permit certain physicians and practitioners to 
opt-out of Medicare and to provide through private contracts services 
that would otherwise be covered by Medicare. Under such contracts the 
mandatory claims submission and limiting charge rules of section 
1848(g) of the Act would not apply. Subpart D and the Supporting 
Regulations contained in 42 CFR 405.410, 405.430, 405.435, 405.440, 
405.445, and 405.455, counters the effect of certain provisions of 
Medicare law that, absent section 4507 of BBA 1997, preclude physicians 
and practitioners from contracting privately with Medicare 
beneficiaries to pay without regard to Medicare limits;
    Frequency: Biennially;
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit;
    Number of Respondents: 26,820;
    Total Annual Responses: 26,820;
    Total Annual Hours: 7,197.
    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 E-mail your request, 
including your address and phone number, to [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 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: May 22, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA, Office of Information 
Services,Security and Standards Groups, Division of HCFA Enterprise 
Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-15096 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]
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