[Federal Register: August 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 151)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-2567]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration.
    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: Statement of 
Deficiencies and Plan of Correction and Supporting Regulations in 42 
CFR 488.18, 488.26, and 488.28; Form No.: HCFA-2567 (OMB# 0938-0391); 
Use: This Paperwork package provides information regarding the form 
used by the Medicare, Medicaid, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement 
Amendments (CLIA) programs to document a health care facility's 
compliance or noncompliance (deficiencies) with regard to the Medicare/
Medicaid Conditions of Participation and Coverage, the requirements for 
participation for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities, 
and for certification under

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CLIA. This form becomes the evidentiary basis for HCFA certification 
decisions (including termination or denial of participation), and the 
form of public disclosure; Frequency: Biennially and Annually; Affected 
Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit institutions, 
Federal Government, and State, local or tribal government; Number of 
Respondents: 60,000; Total Annual Responses: 60,000; Total Annual 
Hours: 120,000.
    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: Allison Eydt, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: July 31, 1998.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-21047 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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