[Federal Register: September 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 180)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-0232]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
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

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other forms of information technology to minimize the information 
collection burden.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension; Title of 
Information Collection: Supporting Statement for Medicare Program 
Integrity Program Organizational Conflict of Interest Disclosure 
Certificate and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 421.310 and 421.312;
    Form No.: HCFA-R-0232 (OMB# 0938-0723); Use: This information is 
used to assess whether contractors who perform, or who seek to perform, 
Medicare Integrity Program functions, such as medical review, fraud 
review or cost audits, have organizational conflicts of interest and 
whether any conflicts have been resolved. The entities providing the 
information will be organizations that have been awarded, or seek award 
of, a Medicare Integrity Program contract; Frequency: On occasion; 
Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit; Number of Respondents: 
10; Total Annual Responses: 10; Total Annual Hours: 2,400.
    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: Julie Brown, Room N2-14-26, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: September 9, 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. 99-24220 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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