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minimize the information collection
burden.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: HIPAA
Administrative Simplification
Enforcement Non-Privacy Enforcement;
Use: The Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became
law in 1996 (Pub. L. 104–191). Subtitle
F of Title II of HIPAA, entitled
‘‘Administrative Simplification,’’
requires the Secretary of HHS to adopt
national standards for certain
information-related activities of the
health care industry. The HIPAA
provisions, by statute, apply only to
‘‘covered entities’’ referred to in section
1320d–2(a)(1) of this title.
Responsibility for administering and
enforcing the HIPAA Administrative
Simplification Transactions, Code Sets,
Identifiers and Security rules has been
delegated to CMS. The initial
information collected to enforce these
rules will be used to initiate
enforcement actions. This information
collection change clarifies the ‘‘Identify
the HIPAA Non-Privacy complaint
category’’ section of the complaint form.
In this section, complainants are given
an opportunity to check the ‘‘Unique
Identifiers’’ option to categorize the type
of HIPAA complaint being filed. The
revised form now includes a ‘‘’’For a
Unique Identifier Complaint’’ section,
that allows a complaint to further
categorize their identifier complaint as
either a ‘‘National Provider Identifier
(NPI)’’ or an ‘‘Employer Identification
Number (EIN)’’ complaint. Form
Number: CMS–10148 (OMB#: 0938–
948); Frequency: Reporting—On
occasion; Affected Public: Individuals or
households, Business or other for-profit,
Not-for-profit institutions, and State,
Local, or Tribal governments; Number of
Respondents: 500; Total Annual
Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours:
500.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web Site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be mailed
or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch,
Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
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Dated: February 13, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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Services
[Document Identifier: CMS–2540–96]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
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 & Medicaid
Services (CMS), 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 function;
(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: Skilled Nursing
Facility and Skilled Nursing Facility
Complex Cost Report; Use: Providers of
services participating in the Medicare
program are required under sections
1815(a) and 1861(v)(1)(A) of the Social
Security Act to submit annual
information to achieve settlement of
costs for health care services rendered to
Medicare beneficiaries. The CMS–2540–
96 cost report is needed to determine
the amount of reimbursement, that is
due these providers furnishing medical
services to Medicare beneficiaries; Form
Number: CMS–2540–96 (OMB#: 0938–
0463); Frequency: Reporting—Yearly;
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profit; Number of Respondents: 15,037;
Total Annual Responses: 15,037; Total
Annual Hours: 2,947,252.
To obtain copies of the supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed paperwork collections
referenced above, access CMS Web Site
address at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the
Reports Clearance Office on (410) 786–
1326.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collections must be mailed
or faxed within 30 days of this notice
directly to the OMB desk officer: OMB
Human Resources and Housing Branch,
Attention: Carolyn Lovett, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number:
(202) 395–6974.
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–1542–N]
Medicare Program; Announcement of
New Members to the Advisory Panel
on Ambulatory Payment Classification
(APC) Groups
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces five
new members selected to serve on the
Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment
Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel).
The purpose of the Panel is to review
the APC groups and their associated
weights and to advise the Secretary,
DHHS, (the Secretary) and the
Administrator, CMS, (the
Administrator) concerning the clinical
integrity of the APC groups and their
associated weights. We will consider the
Panel’s advice as we prepare the annual
updates of the hospital outpatient
prospective payment system (OPPS).
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
inquiries about the Panel, please contact
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the Designated Federal Official (DFO):
Shirl Ackerman-Ross, DFO, CMS, CMM,
HAPG, DOC, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Mail Stop C4–05–17, Baltimore, MD
21244–1850, Phone (410) 786–4474.
E-Mail Address: The E-mail address
for the Panel is as follows: CMS
APCPanel@cms.hhs.gov. News media
representatives must contact our Public
Affairs Office at (202) 690–6145.
Advisory Committees’ Information
Lines: The CMS Advisory Committees’
Information Line is 1–877–449–5659
(toll free) and (410) 786–9379 (local).
Web Site: For additional information
regarding the APC Panel membership,
meetings, agendas, and updates to the
Panel’s activities, please search our Web
site at the following: https://
www.cms.hhs.gov/FACA/05
_AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPayment
ClassificationGroups.asp. A copy of the
Panel’s Charter is on that Web site. You
may also e-mail the Panel DFO at the
above-mentioned e-mail address for a
copy of the Charter.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary is required by section
1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act
(the Act), [as amended by section 201(h)
of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Balanced Budget Refinement Act of
1999 (BBRA) (Pub. L. 106–113), and
redesignated by section 202(a)(2) of the
BBRA] to consult with an expert outside
advisory panel regarding the clinical
integrity of the APC groups and weights
that are components of the hospital
OPPS.
The APC Panel meets up to three
times annually. The Charter requires
that the Panel must be fairly balanced in
its membership in terms of the points of
view represented and the functions to
be performed. The Panel shall consist of
up to 15 members who are
representatives of providers and a Chair.
Each Panel member must be employed
full-time by a hospital, hospital system,
or other Medicare provider subject to
payment under the OPPS. The Secretary
or Administrator selects the Panel
membership based upon either selfnominations or nominations submitted
by Medicare providers and other
interested organizations. All members
must have technical expertise to enable
them to participate fully in the work of
the Panel. This expertise encompasses
hospital payment systems; hospital
medical-care delivery systems; provider
billing systems; APC groups; Current
Procedural Terminology and alphanumeric Healthcare Common Procedure
Coding System codes; and the use and
payment of drugs and medical devices
in the outpatient setting, as well as other
forms of relevant expertise.
The Charter requires that all members
have a minimum of 5 years experience
in their area(s) of expertise, but it is not
necessary that any member be an expert
in all of the areas listed above. For
purposes of this Panel, consultants or
independent contractors are not
considered to be full-time employees of
hospitals, hospital systems, or other
Medicare providers that are subject to
the OPPS. Panel members serve up to 4year terms. A member may serve after
the expiration of his or her term until a
successor has been sworn in. All terms
are contingent upon the renewal of the
Panel’s Charter by appropriate action
before its termination. The Secretary rechartered the APC Panel effective
November 21, 2006.
II. Announcement of New Members
The Panel may consist of a Chair and
up to 15 Panel members who serve
without compensation, according to an
advance written agreement. Travel,
meals, lodging, and related expenses for
the meeting are reimbursed in
accordance with standard Government
travel regulations. We have a special
interest in ensuring that women,
minorities, representatives from various
geographical locations, and the
physically challenged are adequately
represented on the Panel.
The Secretary, or his designee,
appoints new members to the Panel
from among those candidates
determined to have the required
expertise. New appointments are made
in a manner that ensures a balanced
membership.
The Panel presently consists of the
following 13 members and a Chair:
• Edith Hambrick, M.D., J.D., Chair
• Gloryanne Bryant, B.S., R.H.I.A.,
R.H.I.T., C.C.S.
• Albert Brooks Einstein, Jr., M.D.
• Hazel Kimmel, R.N., C.C.S., C.P.C.
• Sandra J. Metzler, M.B.A., R.H.I.A.,
C.P.H.Q.
• Frank G. Opelka, M.D., F.A.C.S.
• Louis Potters, M.D., F.A.C.R.
• Lou Ann Schraffenberger, M.B.A.,
R.H.I.A., C.C.S.-P.
• Judie S. Snipes, R.N., M.B.A.,
F.A.C.H.E.
• Timothy Gene Tyler, Pharm.D.
• Thomas M. Munger, M.D., F.A.C.C.
• James V. Rawson, M.D.
• Kim Allan Williams, M.D., F.A.C.C.,
F.A.B.C.
• Robert Matthew Zwolak, M.D.,
Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
On November 22, 2006, we published
the notice titled ‘‘Request for
Nominations to the Advisory Panel on
Ambulatory Payment Classification
Groups,’’ (CMS–1305-N) in the Federal
Register requesting nominations to the
Panel replacing Panel members whose
terms would expire by September 30,
2007. As a result of that Federal
Register notice, we are announcing five
new members to the Panel. Two new
31⁄2-year appointments commence on
March 1, 2007; two new 31⁄2-year
appointments commence on April 1,
2007; and one new 4-year appointment
commences on October 1, 2007, as
indicated below:
New panel members
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Patricia Spencer-Cisek, M.S ..........................................................................................................................................
Russ Ranallo, M.S., B.S ................................................................................................................................................
Beverly Philip, M.D ........................................................................................................................................................
Michael A. Ross, M.D ....................................................................................................................................................
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Authority: Section 1833(t) of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1395l(t)). The Panel is governed by the
provisions of Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5
U.S.C. Appendix 2).(Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773,
Medicare-Hospital Insurance; and Program
No. 93.774, Medicare-Supplementary
Medical Insurance Program).
Dated: February 15, 2007.
Leslie V. Norwalk,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA
Programs; Approval of COLA
(Formerly the Commission on Office
Laboratory Accreditation) as a CLIA
Accreditation Organization
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: In this notice, we grant COLA
(formerly the Commission on Office
Laboratory Accreditation) deeming
authority as an accrediting organization
for clinical laboratories under the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) program.
We have determined that the
requirements of the COLA accreditation
process are equal to or more stringent
than the CLIA condition level
requirements, and that COLA has met
the requirements of subpart E of 42 CFR
Part 493. Consequently, laboratories that
are voluntarily accredited by COLA and
continue to meet COLA requirements
will be deemed to meet the CLIA
condition-level requirements for
laboratories and therefore are not
subject to routine inspection by State
survey agencies to determine their
compliance with Federal requirements.
They are, however, subject to Federal
validation and complaint investigation
surveys conducted by us or our
designee.
Effective Date: This notice is
effective from February 23, 2007 to
February 25, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raelene Perfetto, (410) 786–6876.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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I. Background and Legislative
Authority
II. Notice of Approval of COLA as an
Accreditation Organization
On October 31, 1988, the Congress
enacted the Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments of 1988
(CLIA), Public Law 100–578. CLIA
replaced in its entirety section 353(e)(2)
of the Public Health Service Act, as
enacted by the Clinical Laboratories
Improvement Act of 1967. We issued a
final rule implementing the
accreditation provisions of CLIA on July
31, 1992, (57 FR 33992). Under the CLIA
program, CMS approves a grant of
deeming authority to an accreditation
organization to accredit clinical
laboratories if the organization meets
certain requirements. An organization’s
requirements for accredited laboratories
must be equal to, or more stringent than,
the applicable CLIA program
requirements in 42 CFR part 493
(Laboratory Requirements). The
regulations in subpart E (Accreditation
by a Private, Nonprofit Accreditation
Organization or Exemption Under an
Approved State Laboratory Program)
specify the requirements an
accreditation organization must meet to
be an approved accreditation
organization. We approve an
accreditation organization for a period
not to exceed 6 years.
In general, the approved accreditation
organization must:
• Use inspectors qualified to evaluate
laboratory performance and agree to
inspect laboratories with the frequency
determined by us.
• Apply standards and criteria that
are equal to, or more stringent than,
those condition-level requirements
established by us.
• Assure that laboratories accredited
by the accreditation organization
continually meet these standards and
criteria.
• Provide us with the name of any
laboratory that has had its accreditation
denied, suspended, withdrawn, limited,
or revoked within 30 days of the action
taken.
• Notify us at least 30 days before
implementing any proposed changes in
its standards.
• If we withdraw our approval, notify
the accredited laboratories of the
withdrawal within 10 days of the
withdrawal.
CLIA requires that we perform an
annual evaluation by inspecting a
sufficient number of laboratories
accredited by an approved accreditation
organization as well as by any other
means that we determine to be
appropriate.
In this notice, we approve COLA
(formerly the Commission on Office
Laboratory Accreditation) as an
organization that may accredit
laboratories for purposes of establishing
their compliance with CLIA
requirements. We have examined the
COLA application and all subsequent
submissions to determine equivalency
with our requirements under subpart E
of part 493 that an accreditation
organization must meet to be approved
under CLIA. We have determined that
COLA complied with the applicable
CLIA requirements and grant COLA
approval as an accreditation
organization under subpart E, as for the
period stated in the ‘‘Effective Date’’
section of this notice for the following
specialty and subspecialty areas:
• Microbiology, including
Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology,
Mycology, Parasitology, Virology.
• Diagnostic Immunology, including
Syphilis Serology, General Immunology.
• Chemistry, including Routine
Chemistry, Urinalysis, Endocrinology,
Toxicology.
• Hematology.
• Immunohematology, including
ABO Group & Rh Group, Antibody
Detection, Antibody Identification,
Compatibility Testing.
• Pathology, including
Histopathology, Oral Pathology,
Cytology.
As a result of this determination, any
laboratory that is accredited by COLA
during the effective time period for an
approved specialty or subspecialty is
deemed to meet the CLIA requirements
for the laboratories found in part 493 of
our regulations and, therefore, is not
subject to routine inspection by a State
survey agency to determine its
compliance with CLIA requirements.
The accredited laboratory, however, is
subject to validation and complaint
investigation surveys performed by us,
or by any other validly authorized agent.
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III. Evaluation of COLA Request for
Approval as an Accreditation
Organization Under CLIA
The following describes the process
used to determine that requirements of
the COLA accreditation program are
equal to or more stringent than the CLIA
condition level requirements, and that
COLA has met the requirements of
subpart E of 42 CFR part 493.
COLA formally reapplied to us for
approval as an accreditation
organization under CLIA for the
following specialties and subspecialties:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-1542-N]
Medicare Program; Announcement of New Members to the Advisory
Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces five new members selected to serve on
the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups
(the Panel). The purpose of the Panel is to review the APC groups and
their associated weights and to advise the Secretary, DHHS, (the
Secretary) and the Administrator, CMS, (the Administrator) concerning
the clinical integrity of the APC groups and their associated weights.
We will consider the Panel's advice as we prepare the annual updates of
the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For inquiries about the Panel, please
contact
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the Designated Federal Official (DFO): Shirl Ackerman-Ross, DFO, CMS,
CMM, HAPG, DOC, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop C4-05-17, Baltimore,
MD 21244-1850, Phone (410) 786-4474.
E-Mail Address: The E-mail address for the Panel is as follows: CMS
APCPanel@cms.hhs.gov. News media representatives must contact our
Public Affairs Office at (202) 690-6145.
Advisory Committees' Information Lines: The CMS Advisory
Committees' Information Line is 1-877-449-5659 (toll free) and (410)
786-9379 (local).
Web Site: For additional information regarding the APC Panel
membership, meetings, agendas, and updates to the Panel's activities,
please search our Web site at the following: https://www.cms.hhs.gov/
FACA/05_AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.asp. A
copy of the Panel's Charter is on that Web site. You may also e-mail
the Panel DFO at the above-mentioned e-mail address for a copy of the
Charter.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary is required by section 1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social
Security Act (the Act), [as amended by section 201(h) of the Medicare,
Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) (Pub.
L. 106-113), and redesignated by section 202(a)(2) of the BBRA] to
consult with an expert outside advisory panel regarding the clinical
integrity of the APC groups and weights that are components of the
hospital OPPS.
The APC Panel meets up to three times annually. The Charter
requires that the Panel must be fairly balanced in its membership in
terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be
performed. The Panel shall consist of up to 15 members who are
representatives of providers and a Chair. Each Panel member must be
employed full-time by a hospital, hospital system, or other Medicare
provider subject to payment under the OPPS. The Secretary or
Administrator selects the Panel membership based upon either self-
nominations or nominations submitted by Medicare providers and other
interested organizations. All members must have technical expertise to
enable them to participate fully in the work of the Panel. This
expertise encompasses hospital payment systems; hospital medical-care
delivery systems; provider billing systems; APC groups; Current
Procedural Terminology and alpha-numeric Healthcare Common Procedure
Coding System codes; and the use and payment of drugs and medical
devices in the outpatient setting, as well as other forms of relevant
expertise.
The Charter requires that all members have a minimum of 5 years
experience in their area(s) of expertise, but it is not necessary that
any member be an expert in all of the areas listed above. For purposes
of this Panel, consultants or independent contractors are not
considered to be full-time employees of hospitals, hospital systems, or
other Medicare providers that are subject to the OPPS. Panel members
serve up to 4-year terms. A member may serve after the expiration of
his or her term until a successor has been sworn in. All terms are
contingent upon the renewal of the Panel's Charter by appropriate
action before its termination. The Secretary re-chartered the APC Panel
effective November 21, 2006.
II. Announcement of New Members
The Panel may consist of a Chair and up to 15 Panel members who
serve without compensation, according to an advance written agreement.
Travel, meals, lodging, and related expenses for the meeting are
reimbursed in accordance with standard Government travel regulations.
We have a special interest in ensuring that women, minorities,
representatives from various geographical locations, and the physically
challenged are adequately represented on the Panel.
The Secretary, or his designee, appoints new members to the Panel
from among those candidates determined to have the required expertise.
New appointments are made in a manner that ensures a balanced
membership.
The Panel presently consists of the following 13 members and a
Chair:
Edith Hambrick, M.D., J.D., Chair
Gloryanne Bryant, B.S., R.H.I.A., R.H.I.T., C.C.S.
Albert Brooks Einstein, Jr., M.D.
Hazel Kimmel, R.N., C.C.S., C.P.C.
Sandra J. Metzler, M.B.A., R.H.I.A., C.P.H.Q.
Frank G. Opelka, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Louis Potters, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Lou Ann Schraffenberger, M.B.A., R.H.I.A., C.C.S.-P.
Judie S. Snipes, R.N., M.B.A., F.A.C.H.E.
Timothy Gene Tyler, Pharm.D.
Thomas M. Munger, M.D., F.A.C.C.
James V. Rawson, M.D.
Kim Allan Williams, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.B.C.
Robert Matthew Zwolak, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
On November 22, 2006, we published the notice titled ``Request for
Nominations to the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification
Groups,'' (CMS-1305-N) in the Federal Register requesting nominations
to the Panel replacing Panel members whose terms would expire by
September 30, 2007. As a result of that Federal Register notice, we are
announcing five new members to the Panel. Two new 3\1/2\-year
appointments commence on March 1, 2007; two new 3\1/2\-year
appointments commence on April 1, 2007; and one new 4-year appointment
commences on October 1, 2007, as indicated below:
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New panel members Terms
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Patricia Spencer-Cisek, M.S................. 03/01/2007-09/30/2010
Russ Ranallo, M.S., B.S..................... 03/01/2007-09/30/2010
Beverly Philip, M.D......................... 04/01/2007-09/30/2010
Michael A. Ross, M.D........................ 04/01/2007-09/30/2010
Agatha L. Nolen, M.S., D.Ph................. 10/01/2007-09/30/2011
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Authority: Section 1833(t) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)). The
Panel is governed by the provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5
U.S.C. Appendix 2).(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program
No. 93.773, Medicare-Hospital Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,
Medicare-Supplementary Medical Insurance Program).
Dated: February 15, 2007.
Leslie V. Norwalk,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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