[Federal Register: May 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 92)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-0381]

 
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: Identification of Extension Units 
of Outpatient Physical Therapy (OPT) and Outpatient Speech Pathology 
(OSP) Providers and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 485.701-785.729.
    Form No.: HCFA-381 (OMB# 0938-0273).
    Use: Medicare requires OPT/OSP providers to be surveyed to 
determine compliance with Federal requirements. When an OPT/OSP 
provider furnishes services to locations other than their already 
certified premises (extension locations), those premises are considered 
to be part of the OPT/OSP provider and are subject to the same Medicare 
regulations as the primary location. This form is used by the State 
survey agencies and by the HCFA regional offices to identify and 
monitor extension locations to ensure their compliance with Federal 
requirements. The HCFA-381 form requests information such as: facility 
name, provider number, where services are rendered, and the number of 
OPT/OSP services rendered.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit
    Number of Respondents: 2,300.
    Total Annual Responses: 2,300.
    Total Annual Hours: 575.
    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: May 6, 1999.
John P. Burke III,
HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA Office of Information Services, 
Security and Standards Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-12124 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
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