[Federal Register: January 8, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 5)]
[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
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-R-283]
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) (formerly known as the Health Care Financing
Administration (HCFA)), Department of Health and Human Services, is
publishing the following summary of proposed
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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: Market Survey of
Fraud, Waste and Abuse Detection Software; Form No.: CMS-R-0283 (OMB#
0938-0783); Use: This information collection tool is essential to
providing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a
vehicle to ascertain cutting edge fraud, waste, and abuse detection
products. CMS and its contractors presently use a number of these
tools, as do other segments of government, the health care industry,
and industry generally. New products taking advantage of new
technologies are in continuous development. This completely voluntary
survey will ensure that CMS is vigilant in identifying new advances to
help fight the scourge of Medicare fraud and abuse; Frequency:
Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for profit, and Not for
profit institutions; Number of Respondents: 200; Total Annual
Responses: 250; Total Annual Hours: 500.
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 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 CMS Paperwork Clearance
Officer designated at the following address: CMS, Office of Information
Services, Security and Standards Group, Division of CMS Enterprise
Standards, Attention: Julie Brown, CMS 10001, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: December 20, 2001.
Julie Brown,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Security and Standards Group,
Division of CMS Enterprise Standards.
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