[Federal Register: April 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 77)]
[Notices]
[Page 20315-20316]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-215]
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
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Information Collection: Information Collection Requirements Referenced
in 42 CFR 424.57: Additional DMEPOS Supplier Standards; Form No.: HCFA-
R-215 (OMB# 0938-0717); Use: The respondents for these information
collection requirements are suppliers of durable medical equipment,
prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS). HCFA requires a current
copy of a DMEPOS supplier's surety bond and, upon request,
documentation that the DMEPOS supplier has both advised beneficiaries
that they may either rent or purchase inexpensive or routinely
purchased equipment and discussed the purchase option for capped rental
equipment. Both of these criteria are necessary to determine if the
supplier has met these supplier standards.; Frequency: Annually, On
occasion; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and Not-for-
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 65,400; Total Annual
Responses: 21,800; Total Annual Hours: 272,863.
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: April 4, 2001.
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. 01-9778 Filed 4-19-01; 8:45 am]
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