[Federal Register: April 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 73)]
[Notices]
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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-312]
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: Extension of a currently
approved collection;
Title of Information Collection: Conflict of Interest and Ownership
and Control Information;
Form No.: HCFA-R-312 (OMB# 0938-0795);
Use: This Conflict of Interest questionnaire is sent to all
Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) and Carriers to collect full and
complete information on any entity's or individual's ownership interest
(defined as a 5 per centum or more) in an organization that may present
a potential conflict of interest in their role as a Medicare FI or
Carrier. The information gathered is used to ensure that all potential,
apparent and actual conflicts of interest involving Medicare contracts
are appropriately mitigated and that employees of the contractors,
including officers, directors, trustees and members of their immediate
families, do not utilize their positions with the contractor for their
own private business interest to the detriment of the Medicare program;
Frequency: Annually;
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions, and Business or other
for-profit;
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Number of Respondents: 37;
Total Annual Responses: 37;
Total Annual Hours: 11,100.
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 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: Dawn Willinghan, HCFA-R-312, Room N2-
14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: April 4, 2001.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services,
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-9287 Filed 4-13-01; 8:45 am]
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