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The Commission hereby gives notice
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Bermuda trade effective August 1, 2013.
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Rachel E. Dickon,
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Notice of a Department of Health and
Human Services Public Meeting and
Request for Comments on Matters
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Standard of Care Interventions;
Amended Notice of Meeting
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ACTION: Notice.
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On June 26, 2013, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) published in the Federal
Register an announcement of a public
meeting to be held on August 28, 2013,
to discuss how certain provisions of the
HHS protection of human subjects
should be applied to research studying
one or more interventions which are
used as standard of care treatment in the
non-research context (78 FR 38343).
In the June 26, 2013 meeting
announcement, HHS stated that
presenters will be scheduled to speak at
the public meeting in the order in which
they register. Notice is hereby provided
that HHS may group presenters
according to the topic of their
presentation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Jerry Menikoff, Director, Office for
Human Research Protections,
Department of Health and Human
Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite
200; Rockville, MD 20852, 240–453–
6900; email Jerry.Menikoff@hhs.gov.
SUMMARY:
DATED: August 1, 2013.
Howard K. Koh,
Assistant Secretary for Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors,
National Center for Health Statistics
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
announces the following meeting of the
aforementioned committee:
TIMES AND DATES: 11:00 a.m.—5:30 p.m.,
September 19, 2013; 8:30 a.m.—1:00
p.m., September 20, 2013.
PLACE: NCHS Headquarters, 3311
Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland
20782
STATUS: This meeting is open to the
public; however, visitors must be
processed in accordance with
established federal policies and
procedures. For foreign nationals or
non-US citizens, pre-approval is
required (please contact Gwen Mustaf,
301–458–4500, glm4@cdc.gov or
Virginia Cain, vcain@cdc.gov at least 10
days in advance for requirements). All
visitors are required to present a valid
form of picture identification issued by
a state, federal or international
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government. As required by the Federal
Property Management Regulations, Title
41, Code of Federal Regulation, Subpart
101–20.301, all persons entering in or
on Federal controlled property and their
packages, briefcases, and other
containers in their immediate
possession are subject to being x-rayed
and inspected. Federal law prohibits the
knowing possession or the causing to be
present of firearms, explosives and other
dangerous weapons and illegal
substances. The meeting room
accommodates approximately 100
people.
This committee is charged
with providing advice and making
recommendations to the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services; the Director, CDC; and the
Director, NCHS, regarding the scientific
and technical program goals and
objectives, strategies, and priorities of
NCHS.
PURPOSE:
The agenda
will include welcome remarks by the
Acting Director, NCHS; Demo of the
NHIS Online Analytic Real-time System
(OARS); initiation of Office of Analysis
and Epidemiology review.
Requests to make oral presentations
should be submitted in writing to the
contact person listed below. All requests
must contain the name, address,
telephone number, and organizational
affiliation of the presenter.
Written comments should not exceed
five single-spaced typed pages in length
and must be received by September 4,
2013.
The agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate.
MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:
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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., Director of
Extramural Research, NCHS/CDC, 3311
Toledo Road, Room 7208, Hyattsville,
Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458–
4500, fax (301) 458–4020.
The Director, Management Analysis
and Services Office, has been delegated
the authority to sign Federal Register
notices pertaining to announcements of
meetings and other committee
management activities for both Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention and
the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Elaine L. Baker,
Management Analysis and Services Office,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Medicare Program; Revised Process
for Making National Coverage
Determinations
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice updates the
process we use for opening, deciding or
reconsidering national coverage
determinations (NCDs) under the Social
Security Act (the Act). It addresses
external requests and internal reviews
for new NCDs or for reconsideration of
existing NCDs. The notice further
outlines an expedited administrative
process to remove certain NCDs, thereby
enabling local Medicare contractors to
determine coverage under the Act. This
notice does not alter or amend our
regulations that establish rules related to
the administrative review of NCDs.
DATES: This notice is effective on
August 7, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katherine Tillman, (410) 786–9252.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
In a September 26, 2003, Federal
Register notice (68 FR 55634), we
announced our procedures for
considering national coverage
determination (NCD) requests and our
procedure for issuing NCDs, including
the role of external public requests to
open an NCD and our procedures for
internally-generated NCD reviews. As
we strive to continually improve our
processes and in recognition of the
changes made by the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub.
L. 108–173, enacted on December 8,
2003), we are superseding the 2003
Federal Register notice with this
updated notice.
II. Provisions of the Notice
This notice establishes the procedures
for requesting an NCD or
reconsideration of an existing NCD. We
also describe how the public may
participate in the NCD process during
the indicated comment period(s). The
topics addressed in the notice include
the following:
• Informal contacts and inquiries
prior to requesting a national coverage
determination.
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• What constitutes a complete, formal
request for an NCD or formal request for
reconsideration of an existing NCD.
• External requests for NCDs,
including the following:
++ Request by an external party for a
new NCD.
++ Request by an external party for
reconsideration of an existing NCD.
++ Request by an aggrieved party (as
defined below) to issue an NCD when
no NCD exists.
• CMS internally-generated review of
NCDs, including the following:
++ CMS internal review for a new
NCD.
++ CMS internal review for
reconsideration of an existing NCD.
• An expedited process to remove
NCDs under certain circumstances.
Based on our experience since 2003
with the current NCD process, we are
establishing a new procedure to be used
in circumstances in which we have
previously issued an NCD, but have
now determined that the NCD is no
longer needed. Since we would not be
establishing a new NCD, we would use
an expedited process to remove these
NCDs. After the effective date of the
removal of the NCD, local Medicare
contractors would determine coverage
under section 1862(a)(1) of the Act for
those specific items or services
previously addressed through the NCD.
We describe this process and the
opportunity for public participation in
this process in section IV.C of this
notice.
We are also restating our process for
developing an NCD to provide clarity
and transparency for the public
pertaining to modifications made to the
coverage process since the MMA. As in
the 2003 Federal Register notice, we
will inform the public by addressing the
following in this notice:
• The internal and external processes
for requesting an NCD or an NCD
reconsideration.
• A tracking system that provides
public notice of our acceptance of a
complete, formal request and
subsequent actions in a web-based
format.
• The process we use to afford notice
and opportunity for public comment
before issuing a decision memorandum.
• How we use public comments to
inform the NCD final decision.
We continue to pursue our efforts to
work with various sectors of the
scientific and medical community to
develop and publish on our Web site
documents that describe our approach
when analyzing scientific and clinical
evidence to develop an NCD. The CMS
coverage Web site can be accessed at
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health
Statistics
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:
Times and Dates: 11:00 a.m.--5:30 p.m., September 19, 2013; 8:30 a.m.--
1:00 p.m., September 20, 2013.
Place: NCHS Headquarters, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland
20782
Status: This meeting is open to the public; however, visitors must be
processed in accordance with established federal policies and
procedures. For foreign nationals or non-US citizens, pre-approval is
required (please contact Gwen Mustaf, 301-458-4500, glm4@cdc.gov or
Virginia Cain, vcain@cdc.gov at least 10 days in advance for
requirements). All visitors are required to present a valid form of
picture identification issued by a state, federal or international
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government. As required by the Federal Property Management Regulations,
Title 41, Code of Federal Regulation, Subpart 101-20.301, all persons
entering in or on Federal controlled property and their packages,
briefcases, and other containers in their immediate possession are
subject to being x-rayed and inspected. Federal law prohibits the
knowing possession or the causing to be present of firearms, explosives
and other dangerous weapons and illegal substances. The meeting room
accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and making
recommendations to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services; the Director, CDC; and the Director, NCHS, regarding the
scientific and technical program goals and objectives, strategies, and
priorities of NCHS.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include welcome remarks by the
Acting Director, NCHS; Demo of the NHIS Online Analytic Real-time
System (OARS); initiation of Office of Analysis and Epidemiology
review.
Requests to make oral presentations should be submitted in writing
to the contact person listed below. All requests must contain the name,
address, telephone number, and organizational affiliation of the
presenter.
Written comments should not exceed five single-spaced typed pages
in length and must be received by September 4, 2013.
The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Virginia S. Cain, Ph.D., Director
of Extramural Research, NCHS/CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 7208,
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4500, fax (301) 458-
4020.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities for
both Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Elaine L. Baker,
Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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