Department of Health and Human Services May 9, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR Part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent Application No. 07/198,489 filed May 23, 1988, entitled ``Use of 8-Cl-cAMP as Anticancer Drug'' [HHS Reference No. E- 132-1988/0-US-01], PCT Application filed May 19, 1989 [HHS Reference No. E-132-1988/0-PCT-02], U.S. Patent Application No. 07/896,452 filed June 4, 1992, entitled ``Use of 8-Cl-cAMP as Anticancer Drug'' [HHS Reference No. E-132-1988/0-US-04], U.S. Patent 5,792,752 filed October 27, 1994 and issued August 11, 1998, entitled ``Use of 8-Cl-cAMP as Anticancer Drug'' [HHS Reference No. E-132-1988/0-US-05], U.S. Patent 5,902,794 filed September 22, 1997 and issued May 11, 1999, entitled ``Use of 8-Cl-cAMP as Anticancer Drug'' [HHS Reference No. E-132-1988/ 0-US-06] and Canadian Patent Application No. 133572 filed May 19, 1989, entitled ``Use of 8-Cl-cAMP as Anticancer Drug'' [HHS Reference No. E- 132-1988/0-CA-03], to Kuhnil Pharm. Co. Ltd., which has offices in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned and/or exclusively licensed to the Government of the United States of America. The prospective exclusive license territory may be worldwide, and the field of use may be limited to the treatment of cancer with 8-Cl- cAMP.

This final rule updates the prospective payment rates for Medicare inpatient hospital services provided by inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs). These changes are applicable to IPF discharges occurring during the rate year beginning July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. In addition, we are adopting the new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) labor market area definitions for the purpose of geographic classification and the wage index. We are also making revisions to existing policies and implementing new polices.