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Request for Nominations of
Candidates To Serve on the World
Trade Center Health Program
Scientific/Technical Advisory
Committee (the STAC or the
Committee), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Department of
Health and Human Services
Correction: This notice was originally
published in the Federal Register on
January 30, 2014 Volume 79, Number
20, page 4911. This notice is to
announce the extension of submission
for potential nominees.
Nominations must be submitted
(postmarked or electronically received)
by March 31, 2014. Please submit
written nominations (one original and
two copies) to the following address
only: NIOSH Docket 229–B, c/o Zaida
Burgos, Committee Management
Specialist, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention,
1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS: E–20, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333 or electronic nominations
to: nioshdocket@cdc.gov. Attachments
in Microsoft Word are preferred.
Telephone and facsimile submissions
cannot be accepted.
For further information, please
contact: Paul Middendorf, Senior Health
Scientist, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS: E–
20, Atlanta, GA 30333; Telephone (404)
498–2500 (this is not a toll-free
number); email pmiddendorf@cdc.gov.
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 the
Centers for Disease Control and
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Medicare and Medicaid Programs;
Application From the Joint
Commission for Continued Approval of
Its Home Health Agency (HHA)
Accreditation Program
Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Final Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces our
decision to approve the Joint
Commission for continued recognition
as a national accreditation program for
Home Health Agencies (HHAs) seeking
to participate in the Medicare or
Medicaid programs. An HHA that
participates in Medicaid must, in
accordance with § 440.70(d) meet the
Medicare participation requirements,
and may demonstrate compliance
through deemed status, as provided for
under § 488.6(b), with the exception of
the capitalization requirements at
§ 489.28.
DATES: Effective Date: This final notice
is effective March 31, 2014 through
March 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Williams, (410) 786–8636,
Patricia Chmielewski, (410) 786–6899,
or Monda Shaver, (410) 786–3410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
Under the Medicare program, eligible
beneficiaries may receive covered
services from a HHA provided certain
requirements are met. Sections 1861(o)
and 1891 of the Social Security Act (the
Act), establish distinct criteria for
facilities seeking to participate in
Medicare as an HHA. Regulations
concerning Medicare provider
agreements are at part 489 and those
pertaining to activities relating to the
survey and certification of facilities are
at part 488. The regulations at part 484
specify the minimum conditions that a
HHA must meet to be certified to
participate in the Medicare program.
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Generally, to enter into a Medicare
agreement, a HHA must first be certified
by a state survey agency as complying
with the conditions set forth in part 484
of the Medicare regulations. Thereafter,
the HHA is subject to regular surveys by
a State survey agency to determine
whether it continues to meet these
requirements. There is an alternative,
however, to surveys by State agencies.
Section 1865(a) of the Act provides
that, if an accrediting organization is
recognized by the Secretary as having
standards for accreditation that meet or
exceed all applicable Medicare
conditions or requirements, as well as
comparable survey procedures, a
provider entity accredited under the
national accrediting body’s approved
Medicare accreditation program would
be deemed to meet the Medicare
conditions or requirements.
Accreditation under an approved
Medicare accreditation program of an
accrediting organization is voluntary
and is not required for Medicare
participation.
A national accrediting organization
applying for approval of its
accreditation program in accordance
with section 1865(a)(2) and (3) of the
Act and our implementing regulations at
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 all of the applicable
Medicare conditions or requirements.
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 a Medicare
accreditation program every 6 years or
sooner, as determined by us.
The Joint Commission’s current term
of approval for its HHA accreditation
program expires March 31, 2014.
II. Approval of Deeming Organizations
Section 1865(a)(2) of the Act and our
regulations at § 488.8(a) require that our
findings concerning review and
approval of a national accrediting
organization’s requirements consider,
among other factors, the applying
accrediting organization’s requirements
for accreditation; its survey procedures;
its ability to provide adequate resources
for conducting required surveys and to
furnish us information for use in
enforcement activities; its monitoring
procedures for provider entities found
not in compliance with the conditions
or requirements; and its ability to
provide us with the necessary data for
validation.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve on the World Trade
Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (the STAC
or the Committee), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Department of Health and Human Services
Correction: This notice was originally published in the Federal
Register on January 30, 2014 Volume 79, Number 20, page 4911. This
notice is to announce the extension of submission for potential
nominees.
Nominations must be submitted (postmarked or electronically
received) by March 31, 2014. Please submit written nominations (one
original and two copies) to the following address only: NIOSH Docket
229-B, c/o Zaida Burgos, Committee Management Specialist, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS: E-20, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333 or electronic nominations to: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
Attachments in Microsoft Word are preferred. Telephone and facsimile
submissions cannot be accepted.
For further information, please contact: Paul Middendorf, Senior
Health Scientist, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS: E-20, Atlanta, GA 30333;
Telephone (404) 498-2500 (this is not a toll-free number); email
pmiddendorf@cdc.gov.
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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Gary Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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