[Federal Register: August 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 168)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-2552]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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 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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital and
Health Care Complex Cost Report and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR
413.20 and 413.24; Form No.: CMS-2552-96 (OMB 0938-0050); Use: Form
CMS-2552-96 is the form used by hospitals participating in the Medicare
program. This form reports the health care costs used to determine the
amount of reimbursable costs for services rendered to Medicare
beneficiaries; Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Businesses or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local, or
Tribal Gov.; Number of Respondents: 6,010; Total Annual Responses:
6,010; Total Annual Hours: 3,980,522.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS 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 30 days of this notice directly to the OMB desk officer:
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Brenda Aguilar,
New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: August 20, 2002.
John P. Burke, III,
Paperwork Reduction Act Team Leader, CMS Reports Clearance Officer,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of
Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 02-22057 Filed 8-28-02; 8:45 am]
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