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standards for accreditation that meet or
exceed Medicare requirements, a
provider entity accredited by the
national accrediting body’s approved
program would be deemed to have met
the Medicare conditions. A national
accrediting organization applying for
approval of its accreditation program
under part 488, subpart A, must provide
us with reasonable assurance that the
accrediting organization requires the
accredited provider entities to meet
requirements that are at least as
stringent as the Medicare conditions.
Our regulations concerning the approval
of accrediting organizations are set forth
at § 488.4 and § 488.8(d)(3). The
regulations at § 488.8(d)(3) require
accrediting organizations to reapply for
continued approval of their
accreditation programs every 6 years or
as determined by CMS.
The Accreditation Association for
Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
current term of approval for their ASC
accreditation program expires on
December 20, 2012.
II. Approval of Deeming Organizations
Section 1865(a)(2) of the Act and our
regulations at § 488.8(a) require that our
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Requirements for accreditation; survey
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required surveys; capacity to furnish
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provider entities found not in
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CMS with the necessary data for
validation.
Section 1865(a)(3)(A) of the Act also
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of receipt of an organization’s complete
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request, and providing at least a 30-day
public comment period. We have 210
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approval or denial of the application.
The purpose of this proposed notice
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request for continued approval of its
ASC accreditation program. This notice
also solicits public comment on whether
AAAHC’s requirements meet or exceed
the Medicare conditions for coverage.
III. Evaluation of Deeming Authority
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determination concerning its request for
continued approval of its ASC
accreditation program. This application
was determined to be complete on April
27, 2012. Under section 1865(a)(2) of the
Act and our regulations at § 488.8
(Federal review of accrediting
organizations), our review and
evaluation of AAAHC would be
conducted in accordance with, but not
necessarily limited to, the following
factors:
• The equivalency of AAAHC’s
standards for an ASC as compared with
CMS’ ASC conditions for coverage.
• AAAHC’s survey process to
determine the following:
+ The composition of the survey
team, surveyor qualifications, and the
ability of the organization to provide
continuing surveyor training.
+ The comparability of AAAHC’s
processes to those of state agencies,
including survey frequency, and the
ability to investigate and respond
appropriately to complaints against
accredited facilities.
• AAAHC’s processes and procedures
for monitoring an ASC found out of
compliance with AAAHC’s program
requirements. These monitoring
procedures are used only when AAAHC
identifies noncompliance. If
noncompliance is identified through
validation reviews or complaint
surveys, the State survey agency
monitors corrections as specified at
§ 488.7(d).
• AAAHC’s capacity to report
deficiencies to the surveyed facilities
and respond to the facility’s plan of
correction in a timely manner.
• AAAHC’s capacity to provide CMS
with electronic data and reports
necessary for effective validation and
assessment of the organization’s survey
process.
• The adequacy of AAAHC’s staff and
other resources, and its financial
viability.
• AAAHC’s capacity to adequately
fund required surveys.
• AAAHC’s policies with respect to
whether surveys are announced or
unannounced, to assure that surveys are
unannounced.
• AAAHC’s agreement to provide
CMS with a copy of the most current
accreditation survey, together with any
other information related to the survey
as we may require (including corrective
action plans).
IV. Collection of Information
Requirements
This document does not impose
information collection and
recordkeeping requirements.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
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Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
Dated: June 14, 2012.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s
Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of
the Advisory Panel on Outreach and
Education (APOE), August 2, 2012
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Advisory Panel on
Outreach and Education (APOE) (the
Panel) in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The Panel
advises and makes recommendations to
the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Administrator of the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services on opportunities to enhance
the effectiveness of consumer education
strategies concerning Medicare,
Medicaid, and the Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting
is open to the public.
SUMMARY:
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Meeting Date: Thursday, August
2, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Deadline for Meeting Registration,
Presentations and Comments: Thursday,
July 19, 2012, 5:00 p.m., EDT.
Deadline for Requesting Special
Accommodations: Thursday, July 19,
2012, 5:00 p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The
Embassy Row Hotel, 2015
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20036.
Meeting Registration, Presentations,
and Written Comments: Jennifer
Kordonski, Designated Federal Official
(DFO), Division of Forum and
Conference Development, Office of
Communications, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Mailstop S1–13–05,
Baltimore, MD 21244–1850 or contact
Ms. Kordonski via email at
mailto:Jennifer.Kordonski@cms.hhs.gov.
Registration: The meeting is open to
the public, but attendance is limited to
the space available. Persons wishing to
attend this meeting must register by
contacting the DFO at the address listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice
or by telephone at number listed in the
DATES:
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section of this notice, by the date listed
in the DATES section of this notice.
Individuals requiring sign language
interpretation or other special
accommodations should contact the
DFO at the address listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice by the
date listed in the DATES section of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Kordonski, (410) 786–1840, or
on the Internet at https://www.cms.gov/
FACA/04_APOE.asp for additional
information. Press inquiries are handled
through the CMS Press Office at (202)
690–6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), this notice announces a
meeting of the Advisory Panel on
Outreach and Education (APOE) (the
Panel). Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act authorizes the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
(the Secretary) to establish an advisory
panel if the Secretary determines that
the panel is ‘‘in the public interest in
connection with the performance of
duties imposed * * * by law.’’ Such
duties are imposed by section 1804 of
the Social Security Act (the Act),
requiring the Secretary to provide
informational materials to Medicare
beneficiaries about the Medicare
program, and section 1851(d) of the Act,
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requiring the Secretary to provide for
‘‘activities * * * to broadly disseminate
information to [M]edicare beneficiaries
* * * on the coverage options provided
under [Medicare Advantage] in order to
promote an active, informed selection
among such options.’’
The Panel is also authorized by
section 1114(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a). The
Secretary signed the charter establishing
this Panel on January 21, 1999 (64 FR
7899, February 17, 1999) and approved
the renewal of the charter on January 21,
2011 (76 FR 11782, March 3, 2011).
Pursuant to the amended charter, the
Panel advises and makes
recommendations to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
concerning optimal strategies for the
following:
• Developing and implementing
education and outreach programs for
individuals enrolled in, or eligible for,
Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
• Enhancing the Federal
government’s effectiveness in informing
Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP
consumers, providers and stakeholders
pursuant to education and outreach
programs of issues regarding these and
other health coverage programs,
including the appropriate use of publicprivate partnerships to leverage the
resources of the private sector in
educating beneficiaries, providers and
stakeholders.
• Expanding outreach to vulnerable
and underserved communities,
including racial and ethnic minorities,
in the context of Medicare, Medicaid
and CHIP education programs.
• Assembling and sharing an
information base of ‘‘best practices’’ for
helping consumers evaluate health plan
options.
• Building and leveraging existing
community infrastructures for
information, counseling and assistance.
• Drawing the program link between
outreach and education, promoting
consumer understanding of health care
coverage choices and facilitating
consumer selection/enrollment, which
in turn support the overarching goal of
improved access to quality care,
including prevention services,
envisioned under health care reform.
The current members of the Panel are:
Samantha Artiga, Principal Policy
Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation;
Joseph Baker, President, Medicare
Rights Center; Philip Bergquist,
Manager, Health Center Operations,
CHIPRA Outreach & Enrollment Project
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and Director, Michigan Primary Care
Association, Marjorie Cadogan,
Executive Deputy Commissioner,
Department of Social Services; Jonathan
Dauphine, Senior Vice President, AARP;
Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director,
Boston Public Health Commission;
Shelby Gonzales, Senior Health
Outreach Associate, Center on Budget &
Policy Priorities; Jan Henning, Benefits
Counseling & Special Projects
Coordinator, North Central Texas
Council of Governments’ Area Agency
on Aging; Warren Jones, Executive
Director, Mississippi Institute for
Improvement of Geographic Minority
Health; Cathy Kaufmann, Administrator,
Oregon Health Authority; Sandy
Markwood, Chief Executive Officer,
National Association of Area Agencies
on Aging; Miriam Mobley-Smith, Dean,
Chicago State University, College of
Pharmacy; Ana Natale-Pereira,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Medicine & Dentistry of
New Jersey; Megan Padden, Vice
President, Sentara Health Plans; David
W. Roberts, Vice-President, Healthcare
Information and Management System
¨
Society; Julie Boden Schmidt, Associate
Vice President, National Association of
Community Health Centers; Alan
Spielman, President & Chief Executive
Officer, URAC; Winston Wong, Medical
Director, Community Benefit Director,
Kaiser Permanente and Darlene YeeMelichar, Professor & Coordinator, San
Francisco State University.
The agenda for the August 2, 2012
meeting will include the following:
• Welcome and Listening Session
with CMS Leadership
• Recap of the Previous (May 2, 2012)
Meeting
• Affordable Care Act Initiatives
• An opportunity for public comment
• Meeting Summary, Review of
Recommendations, and Next Steps
Individuals or organizations that wish
to make a 5-minute oral presentation on
an agenda topic should submit a written
copy of the oral presentation to the DFO
at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice by the date listed
in the DATES section of this notice. The
number of oral presentations may be
limited by the time available.
Individuals not wishing to make a
presentation may submit written
comments to the DFO at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice by the date listed in the DATES
section of this notice.
Authority: Sec. 222 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a) and sec. 10(a)
of Pub. L. 92–463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 10(a)
and 41 CFR 102–3).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.733, Medicare—Hospital
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Insurance Program; and Program No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
Dated: June 14, 2012.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Part F of the Statement of
Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), (Federal
Register, Vol. 76, No. 64, pp. 18555–
18556, dated April 4, 2011) is amended
to reflect updates to the functions of the
Center for Strategic Planning.
Part F. is described below:
• Section FC. 20 (Functions) reads as
follows:
Center for Strategic Planning (FCK)
• Directs and oversees the strategic
planning process to achieve CMS
strategic aims and goals, through a
collaborative process with internal and
external partners.
• Obtains understanding and
concurrence of CMS senior
management, the Principal Deputy
Administrator, and the CMS
Administrator on long term strategic
plans and goals, and timelines and
actions steps to be taken to achieve
strategic aims and goals.
• Performs environmental scans and
gap analysis on CMS strategic
imperatives and enterprise goals.
• Integrates and aligns CMS strategic
plans with Department of Health and
Human Services’ 5-year strategic plan
and performance goals.
• Provides senior leadership over the
strategic planning process and the
development of CMS strategic goals,
metrics, and plans.
• Confers with CMS’ Centers, Offices
and Regions to facilitate the
development and update of strategic
plans and performance goals.
• Oversees the CMS Challenge
Competition, working with components
to plan, organize, implement and report
on CMS Challenge Competitions.
• Manages and coordinates internal
and external inquiries regarding CSP
activities.
Dated: June 14, 2012.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator and Chief Operating
Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.
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National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; NDAR Data Access Request
In compliance with the
requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH), the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects to be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval.
SUMMARY:
Proposed Collection
Title: National Database for Autism
Research (NDAR) Data Access Request.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New.
Need and Use of Information
Collection: The NDAR Data Access
Request form is necessary for
‘‘Recipient’’ Principal Investigators and
their organization or corporations with
approved assurance from the DHHS
Office of Human Research Protections to
access data or images from the NDAR
Central Repository for research
purposes. The primary use of this
information is to document, track,
monitor, and evaluate the use of the
NDAR datasets, as well as to notify
interested recipients of updates,
corrections, or other changes to the
database.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Type of Respondents: Researchers
interested in obtaining access to study
data and images from the NDAR Central
Repository for research purposes.
The annual reporting burden is as
follows:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
approximately 40.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: Once per request.
Average Burden Hours per Response:
1.35.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours Requested: 63.
There are two scenarios for
completing the form. The first where the
Principal Investigator (PI) completes the
entire NDAR Data Access Request form,
and the second where the PI has the
Research Assistant begin filling out the
form and PI provides the final reviews
and signs it. The estimated annual
burden hours to complete the data
request form is listed below.
ESTIMATES ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Form
Frequency of
response
Average time
per response
(in hours)
Annual hour
burden
40
1
95/60
63
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comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies are invited
on one or more of the following points:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the function of the
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agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance
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information to be collected; and (4)
Ways to minimize the burden of the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-7025-N]
Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs;
Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE), August
2, 2012
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Advisory Panel on
Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel) in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Panel advises and makes
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on
opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of consumer education
strategies concerning Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting is open to the public.
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DATES: Meeting Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Deadline for Meeting Registration, Presentations and Comments:
Thursday, July 19, 2012, 5:00 p.m., EDT.
Deadline for Requesting Special Accommodations: Thursday, July 19,
2012, 5:00 p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20036.
Meeting Registration, Presentations, and Written Comments: Jennifer
Kordonski, Designated Federal Official (DFO), Division of Forum and
Conference Development, Office of Communications, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mailstop S1-13-05,
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 or contact Ms. Kordonski via email at
mailto:Jennifer.Kordonski@cms.hhs.gov.
Registration: The meeting is open to the public, but attendance is
limited to the space available. Persons wishing to attend this meeting
must register by contacting the DFO at the address listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice or by telephone at number listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice, by the date
listed in the DATES section of this notice. Individuals requiring sign
language interpretation or other special accommodations should contact
the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice
by the date listed in the DATES section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Kordonski, (410) 786-1840, or
on the Internet at https://www.cms.gov/FACA/04_APOE.asp for additional
information. Press inquiries are handled through the CMS Press Office
at (202) 690-6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), this notice announces a meeting
of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel).
Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act authorizes the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish an
advisory panel if the Secretary determines that the panel is ``in the
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed *
* * by law.'' Such duties are imposed by section 1804 of the Social
Security Act (the Act), requiring the Secretary to provide
informational materials to Medicare beneficiaries about the Medicare
program, and section 1851(d) of the Act, requiring the Secretary to
provide for ``activities * * * to broadly disseminate information to
[M]edicare beneficiaries * * * on the coverage options provided under
[Medicare Advantage] in order to promote an active, informed selection
among such options.''
The Panel is also authorized by section 1114(f) of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 217a). The Secretary signed the charter establishing this Panel
on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999) and approved the
renewal of the charter on January 21, 2011 (76 FR 11782, March 3,
2011).
Pursuant to the amended charter, the Panel advises and makes
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
concerning optimal strategies for the following:
Developing and implementing education and outreach
programs for individuals enrolled in, or eligible for, Medicare,
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Enhancing the Federal government's effectiveness in
informing Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP consumers, providers and
stakeholders pursuant to education and outreach programs of issues
regarding these and other health coverage programs, including the
appropriate use of public-private partnerships to leverage the
resources of the private sector in educating beneficiaries, providers
and stakeholders.
Expanding outreach to vulnerable and underserved
communities, including racial and ethnic minorities, in the context of
Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP education programs.
Assembling and sharing an information base of ``best
practices'' for helping consumers evaluate health plan options.
Building and leveraging existing community infrastructures
for information, counseling and assistance.
Drawing the program link between outreach and education,
promoting consumer understanding of health care coverage choices and
facilitating consumer selection/enrollment, which in turn support the
overarching goal of improved access to quality care, including
prevention services, envisioned under health care reform.
The current members of the Panel are: Samantha Artiga, Principal
Policy Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation; Joseph Baker, President,
Medicare Rights Center; Philip Bergquist, Manager, Health Center
Operations, CHIPRA Outreach & Enrollment Project and Director, Michigan
Primary Care Association, Marjorie Cadogan, Executive Deputy
Commissioner, Department of Social Services; Jonathan Dauphine, Senior
Vice President, AARP; Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director, Boston Public
Health Commission; Shelby Gonzales, Senior Health Outreach Associate,
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities; Jan Henning, Benefits Counseling
& Special Projects Coordinator, North Central Texas Council of
Governments' Area Agency on Aging; Warren Jones, Executive Director,
Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health;
Cathy Kaufmann, Administrator, Oregon Health Authority; Sandy Markwood,
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Area Agencies on
Aging; Miriam Mobley-Smith, Dean, Chicago State University, College of
Pharmacy; Ana Natale-Pereira, Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Megan Padden, Vice
President, Sentara Health Plans; David W. Roberts, Vice-President,
Healthcare Information and Management System Society; Julie Bod[euml]n
Schmidt, Associate Vice President, National Association of Community
Health Centers; Alan Spielman, President & Chief Executive Officer,
URAC; Winston Wong, Medical Director, Community Benefit Director,
Kaiser Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar, Professor & Coordinator,
San Francisco State University.
The agenda for the August 2, 2012 meeting will include the
following:
Welcome and Listening Session with CMS Leadership
Recap of the Previous (May 2, 2012) Meeting
Affordable Care Act Initiatives
An opportunity for public comment
Meeting Summary, Review of Recommendations, and Next Steps
Individuals or organizations that wish to make a 5-minute oral
presentation on an agenda topic should submit a written copy of the
oral presentation to the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice by the date listed in the DATES section of this
notice. The number of oral presentations may be limited by the time
available. Individuals not wishing to make a presentation may submit
written comments to the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice by the date listed in the DATES section of this
notice.
Authority: Sec. 222 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
217a) and sec. 10(a) of Pub. L. 92-463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 10(a)
and 41 CFR 102-3).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.733,
Medicare--Hospital
[[Page 37683]]
Insurance Program; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--Supplementary
Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: June 14, 2012.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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