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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Medicare Hearings and
Appeals; Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part A. Office of the Secretary, of the
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human
Services, Part A, as last amended at 69
FR 51679–51680, dated August 20,
2004, and Chapter AA, Immediate
Office of the Secretary, as last amended
at 69 FR 51679–51680, dated August 20,
2004, are being amended to establish a
new Chapter AK, the Office of Medicare
Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) within
the Office of the Secretary. This new
Chapter is being created as a result of
the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA), under which the functions
of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs)
responsible for hearing cases under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (and
related provisions in title XI of such
Act) are transferred from the Social
Security Administration to the
Department of Health and Human
Services. The changes are as follows:
I. Under Part A, Chapter AA, Section
AA, Section AA.10 Organization, insert
the following: ‘‘Office of Medicare
Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)’’
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II. Under Part A, establish a new
Chapter AK, ‘‘Office of Medicare
Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)’’ to read
as follows:
Section AK.00
Mission
Section AK.10
Organization
Section AK.20 Functions
Section AK.00 Mission. The Office of
Medicare Hearings and Appeals
(OMHA), under direct delegation from
the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services,
administers the nationwide hearings
and appeals programs for the Medicare
Program. The ALJs within the Office of
Medicare Hearings and Appeals issue
the final decisions of the Secretary,
except for decisions reviewed by the
Medicare Appeals Council, on hihgly
complex appealed determinations
involving Medicare Part A, B, C, and D.
OMHA provides the basic mechanisms
through which individuals and
organizations dissatisfied with Medicare
determinations affecting their rights in
the Medicare program under the Social
Security Act may obtain a hearing on
these determinations. OMHA directs
four field offices staff with
Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) who
conduct impartial ‘‘de novo’’ hearings
and made decisions on appealed
determinations involving Medicare
appeals, as well as a Headquarters
office.
Section AK.10 Organization: The
Office of Medicare Hearings and
Appeals (OMHA) is under the direction
of the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
who reports directly to the Secretary,
OMHA consists of the following
components.
• Office of Medicare Hearings and
Appeals, Immediate Office (AKA)
Medicare Hearing and Appeals Field
Offices (AKB1–4).
• Medicare Hearing and Appeals
Field Offices (AKB1–4).
—Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Mid-Atlantic Field Office—Rosslyn, VA
(AKB1)
—Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Mid-West Field Office—Cleveland, OH
(AKB2)
—Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Western Field Office—Irvine, CA
(AKB3)
—Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Southern Field Office—Miami, FL
(AKB4)
Section AK.20
Functions
A. The Office of Medicare Hearings
and Appeals Immediate Office (AK):
The Office of Medicare Hearings and
Appeals Immediate Office (OMHA/IO)
is headed by the Chief Administrative
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Law Judge (CALJ), who reports directly
to the Secretary. The Chief
Administrative Law Judge (CALJ) is
responsible for carrying out OMHA’s
mission and implementing authorities
granted to the ALJs by the Secretary.
The CALJ is responsible for: (a)
planning, directing, managing,
coordinating, and maintaining the
integrity of the field office hearings and
appeals system by directing the
planning, development, and
coordination of regulations, policies and
procedures governing the hearings and
appeals program under the applicable
statutes; (b) maintaining a hearings and
appeal system which is impartial and
which supports the tenets of fairness
and equal treatment under the law; and
(c) ensuring adherence to statutory
procedures, time limits, and other
procedural requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act, Medicare
law and applicable HHS regulations.
The CALJ provides executive leadership
to, and administrative and management
support functions for, the field offices
which hold hearings and render
decisions under the Social Security Act,
and in that capacity establishes specific
objectives, standards, and management
and program policies with respect to the
field office responsibilities.
The Executive Director (ED) of
OMHA/IO, reports to the CALJ, and is
responsible for all operational matters
and executive and managerial oversight
in support of the mission of the office,
with the exception of areas directly
involving the conduct of adjudicatory
hearings and the rendering of fair and
impartial decisions ensuing from those
hearings.
B. Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Field Offices (AB1–4). The Field Offices
are headed by a Managing
Administrative Law Judge (MALJ) who
reports directly to the CALJ. The
Managing Administrative Law Judge
(MALJ) acts on behalf of the CALJ at the
respective field office location on all
matters involving the hearing process,
and is directly responsible for the
effective execution of the hearings
process within the field location. The
MALJ is responsible for: (a) Providing
direction, leadership, management and
guidance to the field office staff,
including Administrative Law Judges
and their staffs, and weighted workload
attorneys; (b) field office
implementation of policies, goals,
objectives, and procedures pertaining to
the hearings process, and formulating
policies, goals, and objectives for the
ALJs and support staff in their field
office; (c) planning, organizing and
administering field operations for
scheduling and conducting independent
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and impartial hearings on appealed
determinations involving adjudicatory
hearings for authorities delegated to the
ALJs by the Secretary; (d) developing
and recommending OMHA action with
respect to allegation of unfair hearings
within the field operations; (e) upon
request by ALJs providing advice and
guidance in matters related to
adjudicating cases under the provisions
of the Social Security Act; and (f)
conducting adjudicatory hearings under
authorities delegated to the ALJs by the
Secretary.
The Hearing Office Manager (HOM),
who reports to the Managing
Administrative Law Judge (MALJ), is
responsible for the day-to-day
management and operations of the field
office, with the exception of areas
directly involving the conduct of
adjudicatory hearings and the rending of
fair and impartial decisions ensuing
from those hearings. The Hearing Office
Manager is responsible for: (a) Office
management, including workload,
personnel, and overall resource
management; (b) executing and making
critical evaluations and necessary
revisions of applicable field office
objectives, policies, practices, and
procedures; (c) reviewing hearing
practices and procedures to detect
trends, training needs, and operational
problems; (d) justifying the financial
requirements needed to carry out the
hearings in the field office; and (e)
coordinating operation and
administrative activities with OMHA/
IO.
Supervisory Administrative Law
Judges within the Field Offices are
responsible for conducting adjudicatory
hearing for authorities granted to the
ALJs by the Secretary. Supervisory
Administrative Law Judges are also
responsible for supervising staff
attorney(s), paralegal(s), and hearing
clerk(s).
Attorneys and Paralegals are
responsible for researching appeals;
reviewing and evaluating case files;
preparing briefs and transcripts;
assisting in pre-hearing proceedings;
drafting decisions; and, providing
assistance to Administrative Law
Judges.
Hearing Clerks are responsible for
assisting in the hearings and appeals
process. Administrative support staff,
under direction of the Hearing Office
Manager, provide support services to
hearings operations staff, and the ALJs.
Dated: June 15, 2005.
Michael O. Leavitt,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals; Statement of
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part A. Office of the Secretary, of the Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health
and Human Services, Part A, as last amended at 69 FR 51679-51680, dated
August 20, 2004, and Chapter AA, Immediate Office of the Secretary, as
last amended at 69 FR 51679-51680, dated August 20, 2004, are being
amended to establish a new Chapter AK, the Office of Medicare Hearings
and Appeals (OMHA) within the Office of the Secretary. This new Chapter
is being created as a result of the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), under which the
functions of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) responsible for hearing
cases under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (and related
provisions in title XI of such Act) are transferred from the Social
Security Administration to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The changes are as follows:
I. Under Part A, Chapter AA, Section AA, Section AA.10
Organization, insert the following: ``Office of Medicare Hearings and
Appeals (OMHA)''
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II. Under Part A, establish a new Chapter AK, ``Office of Medicare
Hearings and Appeals (OMHA)'' to read as follows:
Section AK.00 Mission
Section AK.10 Organization
Section AK.20 Functions
Section AK.00 Mission. The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals
(OMHA), under direct delegation from the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services, administers the nationwide hearings and
appeals programs for the Medicare Program. The ALJs within the Office
of Medicare Hearings and Appeals issue the final decisions of the
Secretary, except for decisions reviewed by the Medicare Appeals
Council, on hihgly complex appealed determinations involving Medicare
Part A, B, C, and D. OMHA provides the basic mechanisms through which
individuals and organizations dissatisfied with Medicare determinations
affecting their rights in the Medicare program under the Social
Security Act may obtain a hearing on these determinations. OMHA directs
four field offices staff with Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) who
conduct impartial ``de novo'' hearings and made decisions on appealed
determinations involving Medicare appeals, as well as a Headquarters
office.
Section AK.10 Organization: The Office of Medicare Hearings and
Appeals (OMHA) is under the direction of the Chief Administrative Law
Judge, who reports directly to the Secretary, OMHA consists of the
following components.
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, Immediate Office
(AKA) Medicare Hearing and Appeals Field Offices (AKB1-4).
Medicare Hearing and Appeals Field Offices (AKB1-4).
--Medicare Hearings and Appeals Mid-Atlantic Field Office--Rosslyn,
VA (AKB1)
--Medicare Hearings and Appeals Mid-West Field Office--Cleveland,
OH (AKB2)
--Medicare Hearings and Appeals Western Field Office--Irvine, CA
(AKB3)
--Medicare Hearings and Appeals Southern Field Office--Miami, FL
(AKB4)
Section AK.20 Functions
A. The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals Immediate Office
(AK): The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals Immediate Office
(OMHA/IO) is headed by the Chief Administrative Law Judge (CALJ), who
reports directly to the Secretary. The Chief Administrative Law Judge
(CALJ) is responsible for carrying out OMHA's mission and implementing
authorities granted to the ALJs by the Secretary. The CALJ is
responsible for: (a) planning, directing, managing, coordinating, and
maintaining the integrity of the field office hearings and appeals
system by directing the planning, development, and coordination of
regulations, policies and procedures governing the hearings and appeals
program under the applicable statutes; (b) maintaining a hearings and
appeal system which is impartial and which supports the tenets of
fairness and equal treatment under the law; and (c) ensuring adherence
to statutory procedures, time limits, and other procedural requirements
of the Administrative Procedure Act, Medicare law and applicable HHS
regulations. The CALJ provides executive leadership to, and
administrative and management support functions for, the field offices
which hold hearings and render decisions under the Social Security Act,
and in that capacity establishes specific objectives, standards, and
management and program policies with respect to the field office
responsibilities.
The Executive Director (ED) of OMHA/IO, reports to the CALJ, and is
responsible for all operational matters and executive and managerial
oversight in support of the mission of the office, with the exception
of areas directly involving the conduct of adjudicatory hearings and
the rendering of fair and impartial decisions ensuing from those
hearings.
B. Medicare Hearings and Appeals Field Offices (AB1-4). The Field
Offices are headed by a Managing Administrative Law Judge (MALJ) who
reports directly to the CALJ. The Managing Administrative Law Judge
(MALJ) acts on behalf of the CALJ at the respective field office
location on all matters involving the hearing process, and is directly
responsible for the effective execution of the hearings process within
the field location. The MALJ is responsible for: (a) Providing
direction, leadership, management and guidance to the field office
staff, including Administrative Law Judges and their staffs, and
weighted workload attorneys; (b) field office implementation of
policies, goals, objectives, and procedures pertaining to the hearings
process, and formulating policies, goals, and objectives for the ALJs
and support staff in their field office; (c) planning, organizing and
administering field operations for scheduling and conducting
independent and impartial hearings on appealed determinations involving
adjudicatory hearings for authorities delegated to the ALJs by the
Secretary; (d) developing and recommending OMHA action with respect to
allegation of unfair hearings within the field operations; (e) upon
request by ALJs providing advice and guidance in matters related to
adjudicating cases under the provisions of the Social Security Act; and
(f) conducting adjudicatory hearings under authorities delegated to the
ALJs by the Secretary.
The Hearing Office Manager (HOM), who reports to the Managing
Administrative Law Judge (MALJ), is responsible for the day-to-day
management and operations of the field office, with the exception of
areas directly involving the conduct of adjudicatory hearings and the
rending of fair and impartial decisions ensuing from those hearings.
The Hearing Office Manager is responsible for: (a) Office management,
including workload, personnel, and overall resource management; (b)
executing and making critical evaluations and necessary revisions of
applicable field office objectives, policies, practices, and
procedures; (c) reviewing hearing practices and procedures to detect
trends, training needs, and operational problems; (d) justifying the
financial requirements needed to carry out the hearings in the field
office; and (e) coordinating operation and administrative activities
with OMHA/IO.
Supervisory Administrative Law Judges within the Field Offices are
responsible for conducting adjudicatory hearing for authorities granted
to the ALJs by the Secretary. Supervisory Administrative Law Judges are
also responsible for supervising staff attorney(s), paralegal(s), and
hearing clerk(s).
Attorneys and Paralegals are responsible for researching appeals;
reviewing and evaluating case files; preparing briefs and transcripts;
assisting in pre-hearing proceedings; drafting decisions; and,
providing assistance to Administrative Law Judges.
Hearing Clerks are responsible for assisting in the hearings and
appeals process. Administrative support staff, under direction of the
Hearing Office Manager, provide support services to hearings operations
staff, and the ALJs.
Dated: June 15, 2005.
Michael O. Leavitt,
Secretary.
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