[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25957-25964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12262]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[BPO-148-N]
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program
Issuances; Fourth Quarter 1996
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice lists HCFA manual instructions, substantive and
interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were
published during October, November, and December of 1996 that relate to
the Medicare and Medicaid programs. It also identifies certain devices
with investigational device exemption numbers approved by the Food and
Drug Administration that may be potentially covered under Medicare.
Section 1871(c) of the Social Security Act requires that we publish
a list of Medicare issuances in the Federal Register at least every 3
months. Although we are not mandated to do so by statute, for the sake
of completeness
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of the listing, we are including all Medicaid issuances and Medicare
and Medicaid substantive and interpretive regulations (proposed and
final) published during this time frame.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bridget Wilhite, (410) 786-5248 (For Medicare instruction information)
Pat Prete, (410) 786-3246 (For Medicaid instruction information)
Sharon Hippler, (410) 786-4633 (For Food and Drug Administration-
approved investigational device exemption information)
Cathy Johnson, (410) 786-5241 (For all other information)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Program Issuances
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is responsible for
administering the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which pay for health
care and related services for 38 million Medicare beneficiaries and 36
million Medicaid recipients. Administration of these programs involves
(1) Providing information to Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid
recipients, health care providers, and the public, and (2) effective
communications with regional offices, State governments, State Medicaid
Agencies, State Survey Agencies, various providers of health care,
fiscal intermediaries and carriers that process claims and pay bills,
and others. To implement the various statutes on which the programs are
based, we issue regulations under the authority granted the Secretary
under sections 1102, 1871, and 1902 and related provisions of the
Social Security Act (the Act) and also issue various manuals,
memoranda, and statements necessary to administer the programs
efficiently.
Section 1871(c)(1) of the Act requires that we publish in the
Federal Register at least every 3 months a list of all Medicare manual
instructions, interpretive rules, and guidelines of general
applicability not issued as regulations. We published our first notice
June 9, 1988 (53 FR 21730). Although we are not mandated to do so by
statute, for the sake of completeness of the listing of operational and
policy statements, we are continuing our practice of including Medicare
substantive and interpretive regulations (proposed and final) published
during the 3-month time frame. Since the publication of our quarterly
listing on June 12, 1992 (57 FR 24797), we decided to add Medicaid
issuances to our quarterly listings. Accordingly, we list in this
notice Medicaid issuances and Medicaid substantive and interpretive
regulations published during October through December 1996.
II. How to Use the Addenda
This notice is organized so that a reader may review the subjects
of all manual issuances, memoranda, substantive and interpretive
regulations, or Food and Drug Administration-approved investigational
device exemptions published during the time frame to determine whether
any are of particular interest. We expect it to be used in concert with
previously published notices. Most notably, those unfamiliar with a
description of our Medicare manuals may wish to review Table I of our
first three notices (53 FR 21730, 53 FR 36891, and 53 FR 50577) and the
notice published March 31, 1993 (58 FR 16837), and those desiring
information on the Medicare Coverage Issues Manual may wish to review
the August 21, 1989 publication (54 FR 34555).
To aid the reader, we have organized and divided this current
listing into five addenda. Addendum I lists the publication dates of
the most recent quarterly listings of program issuances.
Addendum II identifies previous Federal Register documents that
contain a description of all previously published HCFA Medicare and
Medicaid manuals and memoranda.
Addendum III of this notice lists, for each of our manuals or
Program Memoranda, a HCFA transmittal number unique to that instruction
and its subject matter. A transmittal may consist of a single
instruction or many. Often it is necessary to use information in a
transmittal in conjunction with information currently in the manuals.
Addendum IV lists all substantive and interpretive Medicare and
Medicaid regulations and general notices published in the Federal
Register during the quarter covered by this notice. For each item, we
list the date published, the Federal Register citation, the parts of
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that have changed (if
applicable), the agency file code number, the title of the regulation,
the ending date of the comment period (if applicable), and the
effective date (if applicable).
On September 19, 1995, we published a final rule (60 FR 48417)
establishing in regulations at 42 CFR 405.201 et seq. that certain
devices with an investigational device exemption approved by the Food
and Drug Administration and certain services related to those devices
may be covered under Medicare. That final rule states that we will
announce in this quarterly notice all investigational device exemption
categorizations, using the investigational device exemption numbers the
Food and Drug Administration assigns. Addendum V includes listings of
the Food and Drug Administration-approved investigational device
exemption numbers that have been approved or revised during the quarter
covered by this notice. The listings are organized according to the
categories to which the device numbers are assigned (that is, Category
A or Category B, and identified by the investigational device exemption
number).
III. How to Obtain Listed Material
A. Manuals
An individual or organization interested in routinely receiving any
manual and revisions to it may purchase a subscription to that manual.
Those wishing to subscribe should contact either the Government
Printing Office (GPO) or the National Technical Information Service
(NTIS) at the following addresses:
Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office, ATTN: New Orders, P.O. Box 371954,
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954, Telephone (202) 512-1800, Fax number (202)
512-2250 (for credit card orders); or
National Technical Information Service,
Department of Commerce, 5825 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA
22161, Telephone (703) 487-4630.
In addition, individual manual transmittals and Program Memoranda
listed in this notice can be purchased from NTIS. Interested parties
should identify the transmittal(s) they want. GPO or NTIS can give
complete details on how to obtain the publications they sell.
Additionally, all manuals are available at the following Internet
address: http//www.hcfa.gov/pubforms/progman.htm.
B. Regulations and Notices
Regulations and notices are published in the daily Federal
Register. Interested individuals may purchase individual copies or
subscribe to the Federal Register by contacting the GPO at the address
given above. When ordering individual copies, it is necessary to cite
either the date of publication or the volume number and page number.
The Federal Register is also available on 24x microfiche and as an
online database through GPO Access. The online database is updated by 6
a.m. each day the Federal Register is published. The database includes
both text and graphics from Volume 59,
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Number 1 (January 2, 1994) forward. Free public access is available on
a Wide Area Information Server (WAIS) through the Internet and via
asynchronous dial-in. Internet users can access the database by using
the World Wide Web; the Superintendent of Documents home page address
is http://www.access.gpo.gov/su__docs/, by using local WAIS client
software, or by telnet to swais.access.gpo.gov, then log in as guest
(no password required). Dial-in users should use communications
software and modem to call (202) 512-1661; type swais, then log in as
guest (no password required).
C. Rulings
We publish Rulings on an infrequent basis. Interested individuals
can obtain copies from the nearest HCFA Regional Office or review them
at the nearest regional depository library. We have, on occasion,
published Rulings in the Federal Register. In addition, we anticipate
that Rulings, beginning with those released in 1995, will soon be
available online, through the HCFA Home Page.
D. HCFA's Compact Disk-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)
Our laws, regulations, and manuals are also available on CD-ROM,
which may be purchased from GPO or NTIS on a subscription or single
copy basis. The Superintendent of Documents list ID is HCLRM, and the
stock number is 717-139-00000-3. The following material is on the CD-
ROM disk:
Titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Act.
HCFA-related regulations.
HCFA manuals and monthly revisions.
HCFA program memoranda.
The titles of the Compilation of the Social Security Laws are
current as of January 1, 1995. The remaining portions of CD-ROM are
updated on a monthly basis.
Because of complaints about the unreadability of the Appendices
(Interpretive Guidelines) in the State Operations Manual (SOM), as of
March 1995, we deleted these appendices from CD-ROM. We intend to re-
visit this issue in the near future, and, with the aid of newer
technology, we may again be able to include the appendices on CD-ROM.
Any cost report forms incorporated in the manuals are included on
the CD-ROM disk as LOTUS files. LOTUS software is needed to view the
reports once the files have been copied to a personal computer disk.
IV. How to Review Listed Material
Transmittals or Program Memoranda can be reviewed at a local
Federal Depository Library (FDL). Under the FDL program, government
publications are sent to approximately 1400 designated libraries
throughout the United States. Interested parties may examine the
documents at any one of the FDLs. Some may have arrangements to
transfer material to a local library not designated as an FDL. To
locate the nearest FDL, contact any library.
In addition, individuals may contact regional depository libraries,
which receive and retain at least one copy of most Federal government
publications, either in printed or microfilm form, for use by the
general public. These libraries provide reference services and
interlibrary loans; however, they are not sales outlets. Individuals
may obtain information about the location of the nearest regional
depository library from any library. Superintendent of Documents
numbers for each HCFA publication are shown in Addendum III, along with
the HCFA publication and transmittal numbers. To help FDLs locate the
instruction, use the Superintendent of Documents number, plus the HCFA
transmittal number. For example, to find the Intermediary Manual, Part
2--Fiscal Administration (HCFA Pub. 13-2) transmittal entitled
``Beneficiary Services,'' use the Superintendent of Documents No. HE
22.8/6-2 and the HCFA transmittal number 408.
V. General Information
It is possible that an interested party may have a specific
information need and not be able to determine from the listed
information whether the issuance or regulation would fulfill that need.
Consequently, we are providing information contact persons to answer
general questions concerning these items. Copies are not available
through the contact persons. Copies can be purchased or reviewed as
noted above.
Questions concerning Medicare items in Addendum III may be
addressed to Bridget Wilhite, Bureau of Program Operations, Issuances
Staff, Health Care Financing Administration, N2-05-03, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, 21244-1850, Telephone (410) 786-5248.
Questions concerning Medicaid items in Addendum III may be
addressed to Pat Prete, Medicaid Bureau, Office of Medicaid Policy,
Health Care Financing Administration, C4-25-02, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, Telephone (410) 786-3246.
Questions concerning Food and Drug Administration-approved
investigational device exemptions may be addressed to Sharon Hippler,
Bureau of Policy Development, Office of Chronic Care and Insurance
Policy, Health Care Financing Administration, C4-11-04, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, Telephone (410) 786-4633.
Questions concerning all other information may be addressed to
Cathy Johnson, Bureau of Policy Development, Office of Regulations,
Health Care Financing Administration, C5-12-16, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, Telephone (410) 786-5241.
(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: April 18, 1997.
Gary Kavanagh,
Acting Director, Bureau of Program Operations.
Addendum I
This addendum lists the publication dates of the most recent
quarterly listings of program issuances.
November 15, 1995 (60 FR 57435)
April 8, 1996 (61 FR 15491)
June 26, 1996 (61 FR 33119)
December 18, 1996 (61 FR 66676)
April 21, 1997 (62 FR 19328)
Addendum II--Description of Manuals, Memoranda, and HCFA Rulings
An extensive descriptive listing of Medicare manuals and memoranda
was published on June 9, 1988, at 53 FR 21730 and supplemented on
September 22, 1988, at 53 FR 36891 and December 16, 1988, at 53 FR
50577. Also, a complete description of the Medicare Coverage Issues
Manual was published on August 21, 1989, at 54 FR 34555. A brief
description of the various Medicaid manuals and memoranda that we
maintain was published on October 16, 1992, at 57 FR 47468.
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Addendum III.--Medicare and Medicaid Manual Instructions
[October Through December 1996]
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Trans. No. Manual/Subject/Publication No.
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Intermediary Manual
Part 2--Fiscal Administration (HCFA Pub. 13-2)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6-2)
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408 o Beneficiary Services.
Provider Services.
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Intermediary Manual
Part 3--Claims Process
(HCFA Pub. 13-3)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6)
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1689 o Outpatient Observation Services.
Bill Review for Partial Hospitalization
Services Provided in Community Mental Health
Centers.
Hospital Outpatient Partial Hospitalization
Services.
Billing for Hospital Outpatient Services
Furnished By Clinical Social Workers.
1690 o HCPCS for Hospital Outpatient Radiology
Services and Other Diagnostic Procedures.
Radiology HCPCS Codes Subject to the Payment
Limit.
Other Diagnostic Services HCPCS Codes Subject
to the Payment Limit.
1691 o Mammography Screening.
1692 o Outpatient Therapeutic Services.
Drugs and Biologicals.
1693 o Rural Health Clinics--General.
Federally Qualified Health Centers.
1694 o Outpatient Therapeutic Services.
Drugs and Biologicals.
1695 o Beneficiary Address Change.
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Carriers Manual
Part 2--Program Administration (HCFA Pub. 14-2)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/7-3)
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134 o Beneficiary Services.
Provider Services.
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Carriers Manual
Part 3--Claims Process (HCFA Pub. 14-3)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/7)
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1552 o Paper Remittance Notice.
Paper Remittance Notice Requirements.
Use of Standard Codes on the Paper Remittance
Notice.
Paper Remittance Notice Abbreviations.
Participation Program and Billing Limitations.
1553 o Incident to Physician's Professional Services.
Commonly Furnished in Physician's Offices.
Services and Supplies.
1554 o Correct Coding Initiative.
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Program Memorandum
Intermediaries (HCFA Pub. 60A)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6-5)
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A-96-8 o Medicare's Partial Hospitalization Benefit-
Eligibility and Scope of Services
A-96-9 o Home Health Agency Cost Limits--Correction to
the Budget Neutrality Factor.
A-96-10 o Change in Hospice Payment Rates.
A-96-11 o Home Health Agency Cost Limits--Revised
Correction to the Budget Neutrality Factor.
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Program Memorandum
Carriers (HCFA Pub. 60B)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6-5)
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B-96-3 o Coverage of Epoetin Alfa for HIV/AIDS and
Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy.
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Program Memorandum
Intermediaries/Carriers (HCFA Pub. 60A/B)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6-5)
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AB-96-10 o Current Status of Medicare Program Memorandums
and Letters Issued Before Calendar Year 1996.
AB-96-11 o Nonpayment of Viral Load Testing (Roche
Diagnostic Amplicor Test).
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Program Memorandum
Medicaid State Agencies
(HCFA Pub. 17)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6-5)
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96-1 o Current Status of Medicaid Program Memorandums
and Action Transmittals Issued Before
Calendar Year 1996.
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Peer Review Organization Manual
(HCFA Pub. 19)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/8-15)
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63 o Consumer Representative
Hospital Manual
(HCFA Pub. 10)
Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/2)
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701 o Outpatient Observation Services.
Billing for Hospital Outpatient Partial
Hospitalization Services.
Billing for Hospital Outpatient Services
Furnished by Clinical Social Workers.
702 o HCPCS for Hospital Outpatient Radiology and
Other Diagnostic Procedures.
Radiology HCPCS Codes Subject to the Payment
Limit.
Other Diagnostic Services HCPCS Codes Subject
to the Payment Limit.
703 o Billing for Mammography Screening.
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Home Health Agency Manual
(HCFA Pub. 11)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/5)
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281 o Billing for Ambulance Services.
HCPCS Reporting Requirement.
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Skilled Nursing Facility Manual
(HCFA Pub. 12)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/3)
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346 o Billing for Mammography Screening.
347 o Billing for Ambulance Services.
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HCPCS Reporting Requirement
Medicare Rural Health Clinic and Federally
Qualified Health Centers Manual
(HCFA Pub. 27)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/19:985)
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24 o Billing for Mammography Screening by Rural
Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health
Centers.
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Outpatient Physical Therapy and Comprehensive
Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility Manual
(HCFA Pub. 9)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/9)
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128 o Billing Instructions for Partial
Hospitalization Services Provided in
Community Mental Health Centers.
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Coverage Issues Manual
(HCFA Pub. 6)
Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/14)
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90 o Antigens Prepared for Sublingual
Administration.
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Provider Reimbursement Manual
Part 1--(HCFA Pub. 15-1)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/4)
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397 o Travel Expense.
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Provider Reimbursement Manual
Part II--Provider Cost Reporting Forms
and Instructions (HCFA Pub. 15-II-AC)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/4)
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4 o Independent Rural Health Clinic/Federally
Qualified Health Center Statistical Data and
Certification Statement.
Determination of Total Payment.
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Provider Reimbursement Manual
Part II--Provider Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions (HCFA Pub. 15-II-
AJ)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/4)
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1 o Hospital and Hospital Health Care Complex Cost
Report--Form HCFA 2552-96.
2 o Form HCFA-2552-96 Worksheet.
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State Buy-In Manual
(HCFA Pub. 24)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/11)
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1 o Describe the Policies and Procedures Governing
the Enrollment of Individuals in the Part A
and Part B State Buy-In Program.
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State Medicaid Manual--Part 6
Payment for Services
(HCFA Pub. 45-6)
(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/10)
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32 o Upper Limits for Prescription Drugs.
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Medicare/Medicaid
Sanction--Reinstatement Report
(HCFA Pub. 69)
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96-9 o Report of Physicians/Practitioners, Providers
and/or Other Health Care Suppliers.
Excluded/Reinstated--August 1996.
96-10 o Report of Physicians/Practitioners, Providers
and/or Other Health Care Suppliers.
Excluded/Reinstated--September 1996.
96-11 o Report of Physicians/Practitioners, Providers
and/or Other Health Care Suppliers.
Excluded/Reinstated--October 1996.
96-12 o Report of Physicians/Practitioners, Providers
and/or Other Health Care Suppliers.
Excluded/Reinstated--November 1996.
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Medicare Coverage Issues Manual
For the Medicare Coverage Issues Manual instruction that was
published during the quarter covered by this notice, we give the
transmittal number, the title of the section, and a brief synopsis of
the revisions. The full text of these revisions is available at the
following Internet address: http://www.hcfa.gov/pubforms/pub6/
pub6toc.htm
Transmittal No. 90
New Implementing Instruction--Effective Date: 11/17/96
Section 45-28, Antigens Prepared for Sublingual Administration.--
This section is added to provide a national determination that
antigens, which are to be administered sublingually, are not covered by
Medicare.
Addendum IV.--Regulation Documents Published in the Federal Register
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10/01/96................ 51295-51298 ........................ BPD-874-N Medicare Program; Update ........... 10/01/96
of Ambulatory Surgical
Center Payment Rates
Effective for Services
on or After October 1,
1996.
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10/01/96................ 51217 412, 413, 489........... BPD-847-N Medicare Program; Notice ........... 10/01/96
of Effective Date for
Changes to the Hospital
Inpatient Prospective
Payment Systems and
Fiscal Year 1997 Rates.
10/03/96................ 51611-51617 413..................... BPD-805-F Medicare and Medicaid ........... 1/04/96
Programs; New Payment
Methodology for Routine
Extended Care Services
Provided in a Swing-Bed
Hospital.
10/23/96................ 55002-55009 ........................ OACT-052-N Medicare Program; ........... 01/01/97
Monthly Actuarial Rates
and Monthly
Supplementary Medical
Insurance Premium Rate
Beginning January 1,
1997.
11/04/96................ 56691-56693 ........................ OACT-053-N Medicare Program; Part A ........... 01/01/97
Premium for 1997 for
the Uninsured Aged and
for Certain Disabled
Individuals Who Have
Exhausted Other
Entitlement.
11/04/96................ 56690-56691 ........................ OACT-054-N Medicare Program; ........... 01/01/97
Inpatient Hospital
Deductible and Hospital
and Extended Care
Services Coinsurance
Amounts for 1997.
11/08/96................ 57876-57878 ........................ BPD-879-NC Medicare and Medicaid 01/07/97 .................
Programs; Announcement
of Additional
Application From
Hospital Requesting
Waivers for Organ
Procurement Service
Area and Technical
Correction.
11/13/97................ 58140-58143 431..................... MB-092-F Medicaid and Aid to ........... 11/13/96
Families With Dependent
Children; Certain
Provisions of the
National Voter
Registration Act of
1993.
11/18/96................ 58631 413..................... BPD-805-CN Medicare and Medicaid ........... 11/04/96
Programs; New Payment
Methodology for Routine
Extended Care Services
Provided in a Swing-Bed
Hospital; Correction.
11/19/96................ 58885 ........................ ORD-093-N New and Pending ........... .................
Demonstration Project
Proposals Submitted
Pursuant to Section
1115(a) of the Social
Security Act: September
1996.
11/19/96................ 58885-58886 ........................ OPL-012-CN Medicare Program; ........... .................
December 16, 1996
Meeting of the
Practicing Physicians
Advisory Council.
11/21/96................ 59198 440..................... MB-102-F Medicaid Program; Family ........... 11/10/94
Planning Services and
Supplies for
Individuals of Child-
Bearing Age.
11/22/96................ 59490-59716 410, 415................ BPD-852-FC Medicare Program; 01/21/97 01/01/97
Revisions to Payment
Policies and Five-Year
Review of and
Adjustments to the
Relative Value Units
Under the Physician Fee
Schedule for Calendar
Year 1997.
11/22/96................ 59717-59724 ........................ BPD-853-FN Medicare Program; ........... 10/01/96-01/01/97
Physician Fee Schedule
Update for Calendar
Year 1997 and Physician
Volume Performance
Standard Rates of
Increase for Federal
Fiscal Year 1997.
12/02/96................ 63740-63749 401, 403, 405, 411, 413, BPO-118-FC Medicare Program; 01/31/97 01/02/97
447, 493. Changes Concerning
Suspension of Medicare
Payments, and
Determinations of
Allowable Interest
Expenses.
12/09/96................ 64914-64918 ........................ ORD-094-N New and Pending ........... .................
Demonstration Project
Proposals Submitted
Pursuant to Section
1115(a) of the Social
Security Act: October
1996.
12/18/96................ 66676 ........................ OPL-013-N Medicare Program; ........... .................
Request for Nominations
for Members for the
Practicing Physicians
Advisory Council.
12/18/96................ 66676-66687 ........................ BPO-140-N Medicare and Medicaid ........... .................
Programs; Quarterly
Listing of Program
Issuances and Coverage
Decisions--Second
Quarter 1996.
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12/19/96................ 66919-66923 412, 413, 489........... BPD-847-FCN Medicare Program; ........... 10/01/96
Changes to the Hospital
Inpatient Prospective
Payment Systems and
Fiscal Year 1997 Rates;
Corrections.
12/19/96................ 67041-67047 ........................ BPD-849-FN Medicare Program; ........... 12/19/96 through
Recognition of the 12/19/02
Ambulatory Surgical
Center Standards of the
Joint Commission on the
Accreditation of
Healthcare
Organizations and the
Accreditation
Association for
Ambulatory Health Care.
12/30/96................ 68697-68698 ........................ BPD-886-N Department of Health and 02/03/97 .................
Human Services, Health
Care Financing
Administration;
Department of Labor,
Pension and Welfare
Benefits
Administration; and
Department of the
Treasury, Office of Tax
Policy and Internal
Revenue Services (the
Agencies); Health
Insurance Portability.
12/31/96................ 69034 401, 405................ BPD-869-CN Medicare Program; Waiver ........... 10/21/96
of Recovery of
Overpayments.
12/31/96................ 69034-69050 417, 434................ OMC-010-F Medicare and Medicaid ........... 01/01/97
Programs; Requirements
for Physician Incentive
Plans in Prepaid Health
Care Organizations.
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Addendum V--Categorization of Food and Drug Administration-Approved
Investigational Device Exemptions
Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360c), devices
fall into one of three classes. Also, under the new categorization
process to assist HCFA, the Food and Drug Administration assigns each
device with a Food and Drug Administration-approved investigational
device exemption to one of two categories. To obtain more information
about the classes or categories, please refer to the Federal Register
notice published on April 21, 1997 (62 FR 19328).
The following information presents the device number, category (in
this case, A), and criterion code.
G960164 A2
G960186 A2
G960190 A1
G960200 A1
G960203 A2
G960213 A1
The following information presents the device number category (in
this case, B), and criterion code.
G940148 B2
G940193 B2
G950094 B1
G960065 Be
G960072 B4
G960106 B5
G960115 Be
G960134 B4
G960144 B4
G960166 Be
G960183 B2
G960187 B1
G960189 B2
G960191 Be
G960197 Be
G960198 B2
G960199 B2
G960201 Be
G960202 B4
G960204 Be
G960205 B4
G960206 B2
G960210 B4
G960211 B4
G960212 B4
G960215 B2
G960217 B4
G960219 Be
G960221 B2
G960223 B1
G960224 B2
G960225 B4
G960226 B2
G960227 B2
G960229 B1
G960232 B4
G960236 Be
G960238 B4
G960239 B1
G960242 B4Q
This quarter we are listing previously published IDE numbers that
have changed reimbursement category. They are:
G870181 from A2 to B2
G880210 from A2 to B4
G890210 from A2 to B2
G900143 from A2 to B4
G900246 from A2 to B2
G910064 from A2 to B4
G910078 from A2 to B4
G910170 from A2 to B4
G910197 from A2 to B4
G910202 from A2 to B4
G920142 from B2 to B4
G920143 from A2 to B4
G930017 from B2 to A2
G930054 from A2 to B4
G930115 from A2 to B4
G930190 from A2 to B4
G930192 from A2 to B4
G940084 from A2 to B2
G940088 from A2 to B4
G950083 from A2 to B2
G950168 from A2 to B4
G950175 from A2 to B4
G960060 from A1 to A2
G960113 from A2 to B4
[FR Doc. 97-12262 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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