[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69943-69944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29788]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0255]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
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: New collection; Title of
Information Collection: Suggestion Program on Methods to Improve
Medicare Efficiency and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 420.410; Form
No.: HCFA-R-0255 (OMB# 0938-new); Use: HCFA is implementing regulations
as a means of (1) encouraging the submission of suggestions for
improving the Medicare program and (2) rewarding those who make
suggestions when HCFA deems that it is appropriate and when a reward is
not otherwise prohibited by law; Frequency: On occasion; Affected
Public: Individuals or Households, Business or other for-profit, Not-
for-profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 150; Total Annual
Responses: 150; Total Annual Hours: 50.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the
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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 [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 60 days of this notice directly to the HCFA Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: HCFA, Office of
Information Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA
Enterprise Standards, Attention: Julie Brown, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: November 9, 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. 00-29788 Filed 11-20-00; 8:45 am]
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