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Download as PDF 5419 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 2014 / Notices Annual Responses: 1,000; Total Annual Hours: 125. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Ada Sanchez at 410–786–9466.) Dated: January 28, 2014. Martique Jones, Deputy Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS–9082–N] Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances— [FR Doc. 2014–02061 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] October through December 2013 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Notice BILLING CODE 4120–01–P AGENCY: This quarterly notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive SUMMARY: and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from October through December 2013, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and other programs administered by CMS. It is possible that an interested party may need specific information and not be able to determine from the listed information whether the issuance or regulation would fulfill that need. Consequently, we are providing contact persons to answer general questions concerning each of the addenda published in this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Addenda Contact I CMS Manual Instructions ................................................................................................................. II Regulation Documents Published in the FEDERAL REGISTER .......................................................... III CMS Rulings .................................................................................................................................. IV Medicare National Coverage Determinations ................................................................................ V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs .................................................................................................... VI Collections of Information .............................................................................................................. VII Medicare –Approved Carotid Stent Facilities ............................................................................... VIII American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Sites .......................... Ismael Torres ............... Terri Plumb ................... Tiffany Lafferty .............. Wanda Belle ................. John Manlove ............... Mitch Bryman ............... Lori Ashby .................... Marie Casey, BSN, MPH. Lori Ashby .................... Lori Ashby .................... Stuart Caplan, RN, MAS. Marie Casey, BSN, MPH. Marie Casey, BSN, MPH. Kate Tillman, RN, MAS Stuart Caplan, RN, MAS. Annette Brewer ............. IX Medicare’s Active Coverage-Related Guidance Documents ........................................................ X One-time Notices Regarding National Coverage Provisions ......................................................... XI National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry Sites .............................................. XII Medicare-Approved Ventricular Assist Device (Destination Therapy) Facilities .......................... XIII Medicare-Approved Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Facilities ................................................. XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric Surgery Facilities .......................................................................... XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Dementia Trials .................................. All Other Information .......................................................................................................................... tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES I. Background The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for administering the Medicare and Medicaid programs and coordination and oversight of private health insurance. Administration and oversight of these programs involves the following: (1) Furnishing information to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, health care providers, and the public; and (2) maintaining effective communications with CMS regional offices, state governments, state Medicaid agencies, state survey agencies, various providers of health care, all Medicare contractors that process claims and pay bills, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), health insurers, and other stakeholders. To implement the various statutes on which the programs are based, we issue regulations under the authority granted to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services under sections 1102, 1871, VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 1902, and related provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) and Public Health Service Act. We also issue various manuals, memoranda, and statements necessary to administer and oversee the programs efficiently. Section 1871(c) of the Act requires that we publish a list of all Medicare manual instructions, interpretive rules, statements of policy, and guidelines of general applicability not issued as regulations at least every 3 months in the Federal Register. II. Revised Format for the Quarterly Issuance Notices While we are publishing the quarterly notice required by section 1871(c) of the Act, we will no longer republish duplicative information that is available to the public elsewhere. We believe this approach is in alignment with CMS’ commitment to the general principles of the President’s Executive Order 13563 released January 2011entitled ‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,’’ which promotes modifying PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Phone number (410) (410) (410) (410) (410) (410) (410) (410) 786–1864 786–4481 786–7548 786–7491 786–6877 786–5258 786–6322 786–7861 (410) 786–6322 (410) 786–6322 (410) 786–8564 (410) 786–7861 (410) 786–7861 (410) 786–9252 (410) 786–8564 (410) 786–6580 and streamlining an agency’s regulatory program to be more effective in achieving regulatory objectives. Section 6 of Executive Order 13563 requires agencies to identify regulations that may be ‘‘outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and to modify, streamline, expand or repeal them in accordance with what has been learned.’’ This approach is also in alignment with the President’s Open Government and Transparency Initiative that establishes a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Therefore, this quarterly notice provides only the specific updates that have occurred in the 3-month period along with a hyperlink to the full listing that is available on the CMS Web site or the appropriate data registries that are used as our resources. This information is the most current up-to-date information and will be available earlier than we publish our quarterly notice. We believe the Web site list provides more timely access for beneficiaries, E:\FR\FM\31JAN1.SGM 31JAN1 5420 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 21 / Friday, January 31, 2014 / Notices tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES providers, and suppliers. We also believe the Web site offers a more convenient tool for the public to find the full list of qualified providers for these specific services and offers more flexibility and ‘‘real time’’ accessibility. In addition, many of the Web sites have listservs; that is, the public can subscribe and receive immediate notification of any updates to the Web site. These listservs avoid the need to check the Web site, as notification of updates is automatic and sent to the VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:23 Jan 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 subscriber as they occur. If assessing a Web site proves to be difficult, the contact person listed can provide information. III. How to Use the Notice This notice is organized into 15 addenda so that a reader may access the subjects published during the quarter covered by the notice to determine whether any are of particular interest. We expect this notice to be used in concert with previously published notices. Those unfamiliar with a PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 description of our Medicare manuals should view the manuals at https:// www.cms.gov/manuals. Authority: (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: January 24, 2014. Kathleen Cantwell, Director, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 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ACTION: Notice of public meetings via webinar and telephone call-in. AGENCY: This public meeting is to obtain input on the creation of Early Head Start (EHS)-Child Care Partnerships that were authorized by the 2014 Omnibus Act, which was released on January 17, 2014. The purpose of this meeting is to provide an open door forum for public input in order to help the Department of Health and Human Services as we develop future planning activities. To help us best develop Early Head Start with local child care centers and family child care providers serving lowincome infants and toddlers, this notice invites the public to learn about partnerships and provide information that may assist the Agency at two public meetings held via webinar and telephone call-in. DATES: Two public meetings will be held on February 6, 2014, and February 7, 2014. The dates and times for each meeting will be: February 6, 2014: 4:00–5:00 p.m. EST February 7, 2014: 4:00–5:00 p.m. EST Registration and Additional Information: We request that interested persons register online with the Child Care Communications Management Center (CMC) to participate in one or more meetings via either webinar or by telephone. Interested persons may register for the February 6 meeting at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/ 905737662, or the February 7 meeting at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/ register/539737118. The contact at CMC is Karen Limsi, who can be reached by telephone at 240–399–8729 and by email at klimsi@ blhtech.com. Interested persons should register at least the day before the meeting in which they wish to participate. Each public meeting is scheduled for one hour, but will end sooner if participants have finished providing input before the time period expires. 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[FR Doc. 2014–02035 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184–40–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA–2014–N–0001] Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5439 of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At least one portion of the meeting will be closed to the public. Name of Committee: Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA’s regulatory issues. Date and Time: The meeting will be held on February 28, 2014, from approximately 8 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. Location: FDA White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great Room (rm. 1503 B and C), Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002. Information regarding special accommodations due to a disability, visitor parking, and transportation may be accessed at https:// www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/ default.htm; under the heading ‘‘Resources for You,’’ click on ‘‘Public Meetings at the FDA White Oak Campus.’’ Please note that visitors to the White Oak Campus must enter through Building 1. For those unable to attend in person, the meeting will also be webcast. The link for the webcast is available at https://collaboration.fda.gov/vrbpac/ Contact Person: Prabhakara Atreya or Denise Royster, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM–71), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 301–827–0314, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1–800– 741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the Washington, DC area). A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-9082-N]


Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program 
Issuances--

    October through December 2013
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: This quarterly notice lists CMS manual instructions, 
substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register 
notices that were published from October through December 2013, 
relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and other programs 
administered by CMS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: It is possible that an interested 
party may need specific information and not be able to determine from 
the listed information whether the issuance or regulation would fulfill 
that need. Consequently, we are providing contact persons to answer 
general questions concerning each of the addenda published in this 
notice.

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             Addenda                    Contact           Phone number
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I CMS Manual Instructions.......  Ismael Torres......     (410) 786-1864
II Regulation Documents           Terri Plumb........     (410) 786-4481
 Published in the Federal
 Register.
III CMS Rulings.................  Tiffany Lafferty...     (410) 786-7548
IV Medicare National Coverage     Wanda Belle........     (410) 786-7491
 Determinations.
V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs..  John Manlove.......     (410) 786-6877
VI Collections of Information...  Mitch Bryman.......     (410) 786-5258
VII Medicare -Approved Carotid    Lori Ashby.........     (410) 786-6322
 Stent Facilities.
VIII American College of          Marie Casey, BSN,       (410) 786-7861
 Cardiology-National               MPH.
 Cardiovascular Data Registry
 Sites.
IX Medicare's Active Coverage-    Lori Ashby.........     (410) 786-6322
 Related Guidance Documents.
X One-time Notices Regarding      Lori Ashby.........     (410) 786-6322
 National Coverage Provisions.
XI National Oncologic Positron    Stuart Caplan, RN,      (410) 786-8564
 Emission Tomography Registry      MAS.
 Sites.
XII Medicare-Approved             Marie Casey, BSN,       (410) 786-7861
 Ventricular Assist Device         MPH.
 (Destination Therapy)
 Facilities.
XIII Medicare-Approved Lung       Marie Casey, BSN,       (410) 786-7861
 Volume Reduction Surgery          MPH.
 Facilities.
XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric   Kate Tillman, RN,       (410) 786-9252
 Surgery Facilities.               MAS.
XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron    Stuart Caplan, RN,      (410) 786-8564
 Emission Tomography for           MAS.
 Dementia Trials.
All Other Information...........  Annette Brewer.....     (410) 786-6580
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I. Background

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible 
for administering the Medicare and Medicaid programs and coordination 
and oversight of private health insurance. Administration and oversight 
of these programs involves the following: (1) Furnishing information to 
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, health care providers, and the 
public; and (2) maintaining effective communications with CMS regional 
offices, state governments, state Medicaid agencies, state survey 
agencies, various providers of health care, all Medicare contractors 
that process claims and pay bills, National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners (NAIC), health insurers, and other stakeholders. To 
implement the various statutes on which the programs are based, we 
issue regulations under the authority granted to the Secretary of the 
Department of Health and Human Services under sections 1102, 1871, 
1902, and related provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) and 
Public Health Service Act. We also issue various manuals, memoranda, 
and statements necessary to administer and oversee the programs 
efficiently.
    Section 1871(c) of the Act requires that we publish a list of all 
Medicare manual instructions, interpretive rules, statements of policy, 
and guidelines of general applicability not issued as regulations at 
least every 3 months in the Federal Register.

II. Revised Format for the Quarterly Issuance Notices

    While we are publishing the quarterly notice required by section 
1871(c) of the Act, we will no longer republish duplicative information 
that is available to the public elsewhere. We believe this approach is 
in alignment with CMS' commitment to the general principles of the 
President's Executive Order 13563 released January 2011entitled 
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' which promotes 
modifying and streamlining an agency's regulatory program to be more 
effective in achieving regulatory objectives. Section 6 of Executive 
Order 13563 requires agencies to identify regulations that may be 
``outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome, and 
to modify, streamline, expand or repeal them in accordance with what 
has been learned.'' This approach is also in alignment with the 
President's Open Government and Transparency Initiative that 
establishes a system of transparency, public participation, and 
collaboration.
    Therefore, this quarterly notice provides only the specific updates 
that have occurred in the 3-month period along with a hyperlink to the 
full listing that is available on the CMS Web site or the appropriate 
data registries that are used as our resources. This information is the 
most current up-to-date information and will be available earlier than 
we publish our quarterly notice. We believe the Web site list provides 
more timely access for beneficiaries,

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providers, and suppliers. We also believe the Web site offers a more 
convenient tool for the public to find the full list of qualified 
providers for these specific services and offers more flexibility and 
``real time'' accessibility. In addition, many of the Web sites have 
listservs; that is, the public can subscribe and receive immediate 
notification of any updates to the Web site. These listservs avoid the 
need to check the Web site, as notification of updates is automatic and 
sent to the subscriber as they occur. If assessing a Web site proves to 
be difficult, the contact person listed can provide information.

III. How to Use the Notice

    This notice is organized into 15 addenda so that a reader may 
access the subjects published during the quarter covered by the notice 
to determine whether any are of particular interest. We expect this 
notice to be used in concert with previously published notices. Those 
unfamiliar with a description of our Medicare manuals should view the 
manuals at https://www.cms.gov/manuals.

    Authority:  (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: January 24, 2014.
Kathleen Cantwell,
Director, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.

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