[Federal Register: February 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 32)]
[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 Identifiers: CMS-367, 367a, b, and c, CMS-1957, CMS-R-48]
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 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.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicaid Drug
Rebate Program--Manufacturers; Form No.: 0938-0578; Use: Section 1927
requires drug manufacturers to enter
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into and have in effect a rebate agreement with the Federal Government
for States to receive funding for drugs dispensed to Medicaid
recipients; Frequency: Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or other
for-profit; Number of Respondents: 570; Total Annual Responses: 2,280;
Total Annual Hours: 54,780.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: SSO Report of
State Buy-In Problems and Supporting Regulation at 42 CFR 407.40; Form
No.: CMS-1957; Use: The CMS-1957 is issued to assist with
communications between the Social Security District Offices, Medicaid
State Agencies and CMS Central Offices in the resolution of beneficiary
entitlement under state buy-ins. It is used when a problem arises which
cannot be resolved thru normal data exchange. Frequency: On occasion;
Affected Public: Individuals or households, State, Local or Tribal
Government; Number of Respondents: 3,000; Total Annual Hours: 1075.
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Hospital COP-42
CFR 482, 482.12, 482.13, 482.22, 482.27, 482.30, 482.41, 482.43,
482.53, 482.56, 482.57, 482.60, 482.61, 482.62, 482.66, 485.618, and
485.631.; Form No.: CMS-R-48 (OMB 0938-0328); Use: Hospitals
seeking to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs must meet
the Conditions of Participation (COP) for Hospitals, 42 CFR part 482.
The information collection requirements contained in this package are
needed to implement the Medicare and Medicaid COP for hospitals.;
Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit,
Not-for-profit institutions, Federal Government, State, Local, or
Tribal Gov.; Number of Respondents: 6,017; Total Annual Responses:
6,017; Total Annual Hours: 3,737,303.00.
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://cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/default.asp, 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 Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs, Division of Regulations Development
and Issuances, Attention: Dawn Willinghan, Room: C5-14-03, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: February 6, 2003.
John P. Burke, III,
CMS Reports Clearance Officer, Office of Strategic Operations and
Strategic Affairs, Division of Regulations Development and Issuances.
[FR Doc. 03-3785 Filed 2-14-03; 8:45 am]
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