# Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A99-26997

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** October 15, 1999
- **Citation:** 64 FR 55949

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[Document Identifier: HCFA-R-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration, HHS.
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: Physician Certifications/
Recertifications in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) Manual
Instructions and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 424.20;
Form No.: HCFA-R-5 (OMB #0938-0454);
Use: The Medicare program requires as a condition for Medicare Part
A payment for post-hospital skilled nursing facility (SNF) services,
that a physician must certify and periodically recertify that a
beneficiary requires a SNF level of care. The physician certification
and recertification is intended to ensure that the beneficiary's need
for services has been established and then reviewed and updated at
appropriate intervals. The documentation is a condition for Medicare
Part A payment for post-hospital SNF care.;
Frequency: On occasion;
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government, individuals or
households, business or other for-profit, and not-for-profit
institutions;
Number of Respondents: 2,038,248;
Total Annual Responses: 947,816;
Total Annual Hours: 417,239.
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 P[email protected], 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: Dawn Willinghan, Room N2-14-26, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

Dated: October 5, 1999.
John Parmigiani,
Manager, HCFA Office of Information Services, Security and Standards
Group, Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-26997 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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