[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21677]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-2088]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS), 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: Outpatient
Rehabilitation Cost Report and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 413.20
and 413.24 Form No.: CMS-2088; Use: This form is used by Outpatient
Rehabilitation Facilities to report their health care costs to
determine the amount reimbursable for services furnished to Medicare
beneficiaries. Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other
for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local or Tribal
Government; Number of Respondents: 716; Total Annual Responses: 716;
Total Annual Hours: 71,600.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS'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 CMS
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 CMS Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Information
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise
Standards, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, CMS-2088, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: August 21, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, CMS Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-21677 Filed 8-27-01; 8:45 am]
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