[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5419-5439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02069]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-9082-N]
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program
Issuances--
October through December 2013
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: This quarterly notice lists CMS manual instructions,
substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register
notices that were published from October through December 2013,
relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and other programs
administered by CMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: It is possible that an interested
party may need specific information and not be able to determine from
the listed information whether the issuance or regulation would fulfill
that need. Consequently, we are providing contact persons to answer
general questions concerning each of the addenda published in this
notice.
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Addenda Contact Phone number
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I CMS Manual Instructions....... Ismael Torres...... (410) 786-1864
II Regulation Documents Terri Plumb........ (410) 786-4481
Published in the Federal
Register.
III CMS Rulings................. Tiffany Lafferty... (410) 786-7548
IV Medicare National Coverage Wanda Belle........ (410) 786-7491
Determinations.
V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs.. John Manlove....... (410) 786-6877
VI Collections of Information... Mitch Bryman....... (410) 786-5258
VII Medicare -Approved Carotid Lori Ashby......... (410) 786-6322
Stent Facilities.
VIII American College of Marie Casey, BSN, (410) 786-7861
Cardiology-National MPH.
Cardiovascular Data Registry
Sites.
IX Medicare's Active Coverage- Lori Ashby......... (410) 786-6322
Related Guidance Documents.
X One-time Notices Regarding Lori Ashby......... (410) 786-6322
National Coverage Provisions.
XI National Oncologic Positron Stuart Caplan, RN, (410) 786-8564
Emission Tomography Registry MAS.
Sites.
XII Medicare-Approved Marie Casey, BSN, (410) 786-7861
Ventricular Assist Device MPH.
(Destination Therapy)
Facilities.
XIII Medicare-Approved Lung Marie Casey, BSN, (410) 786-7861
Volume Reduction Surgery MPH.
Facilities.
XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric Kate Tillman, RN, (410) 786-9252
Surgery Facilities. MAS.
XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Stuart Caplan, RN, (410) 786-8564
Emission Tomography for MAS.
Dementia Trials.
All Other Information........... Annette Brewer..... (410) 786-6580
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I. Background
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible
for administering the Medicare and Medicaid programs and coordination
and oversight of private health insurance. Administration and oversight
of these programs involves the following: (1) Furnishing information to
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, health care providers, and the
public; and (2) maintaining effective communications with CMS regional
offices, state governments, state Medicaid agencies, state survey
agencies, various providers of health care, all Medicare contractors
that process claims and pay bills, National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (NAIC), health insurers, and other stakeholders. To
implement the various statutes on which the programs are based, we
issue regulations under the authority granted to the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services under sections 1102, 1871,
1902, and related provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) and
Public Health Service Act. We also issue various manuals, memoranda,
and statements necessary to administer and oversee the programs
efficiently.
Section 1871(c) of the Act requires that we publish a list of all
Medicare manual instructions, interpretive rules, statements of policy,
and guidelines of general applicability not issued as regulations at
least every 3 months in the Federal Register.
II. Revised Format for the Quarterly Issuance Notices
While we are publishing the quarterly notice required by section
1871(c) of the Act, we will no longer republish duplicative information
that is available to the public elsewhere. We believe this approach is
in alignment with CMS' commitment to the general principles of the
President's Executive Order 13563 released January 2011entitled
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' which promotes
modifying and streamlining an agency's regulatory program to be more
effective in achieving regulatory objectives. Section 6 of Executive
Order 13563 requires agencies to identify regulations that may be
``outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and
to modify, streamline, expand or repeal them in accordance with what
has been learned.'' This approach is also in alignment with the
President's Open Government and Transparency Initiative that
establishes a system of transparency, public participation, and
collaboration.
Therefore, this quarterly notice provides only the specific updates
that have occurred in the 3-month period along with a hyperlink to the
full listing that is available on the CMS Web site or the appropriate
data registries that are used as our resources. This information is the
most current up-to-date information and will be available earlier than
we publish our quarterly notice. We believe the Web site list provides
more timely access for beneficiaries,
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providers, and suppliers. We also believe the Web site offers a more
convenient tool for the public to find the full list of qualified
providers for these specific services and offers more flexibility and
``real time'' accessibility. In addition, many of the Web sites have
listservs; that is, the public can subscribe and receive immediate
notification of any updates to the Web site. These listservs avoid the
need to check the Web site, as notification of updates is automatic and
sent to the subscriber as they occur. If assessing a Web site proves to
be difficult, the contact person listed can provide information.
III. How to Use the Notice
This notice is organized into 15 addenda so that a reader may
access the subjects published during the quarter covered by the notice
to determine whether any are of particular interest. We expect this
notice to be used in concert with previously published notices. Those
unfamiliar with a description of our Medicare manuals should view the
manuals at http://www.cms.gov/manuals.
Authority: (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No.
93.773, Medicare--Hospital Insurance, Program No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program, and Program No. 93.714,
Medical Assistance Program)
Dated: January 24, 2014.
Kathleen Cantwell,
Director, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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