Department of Health and Human Services August 31, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Presidential Interagency Working Group on Import Safety; Public Meeting
The Interagency Working Group on Import Safety (Working Group) is announcing a public meeting to identify actions the public and private sectors can take to promote the safety of products imported into the United States. The Working Group was created by the Executive order on July 18, 2007.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Medical Devices: Recommended Glossary and Educational Outreach to Support Use of Symbols on Labels and in Labeling of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices Intended for Professional Use
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing information collection, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the reporting requirements for the collection ``Recommended Glossary and Educational Outreach to Support Use of Symbols on Labels and in Labeling of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices Intended for Professional Use.''
Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2008
This final rule sets forth the hospice wage index for fiscal year 2008. This final rule also revises the methodology for updating the wage index for rural areas without hospital wage data and provides clarification of selected existing Medicare hospice regulations and policies.
Proposed Data Collection; Comment Request; National Physician Survey of Practices on Diet, Physical Activity, and Weight Control
Under the provision of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2007, page 43609 and allowed 60-days for public comment. One public comment was received asking about the possibility of doing studies of autism rather than the proposed survey. The comment was out of the scope of this current project. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Medicaid Program and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); Payment Error Rate Measurement
This final rule sets forth the State requirements to provide information to us for purposes of estimating improper payments in Medicaid and SCHIP. The Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA) requires heads of Federal agencies to estimate and report to the Congress annually these estimates of improper payments for the programs they oversee, and submit a report on actions the agency is taking to reduce erroneous payments. This final rule responds to the public comments on the August 28, 2006 interim final rule (71 FR 51050) and sets forth State requirements for submitting claims and policies to the CMS Federal contractors for purposes of conducting fee-for-service and managed care reviews. This final rule also sets forth the State requirements for conducting eligibility reviews and estimating case and payment error rates due to errors in eligibility determinations.
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Conditions for Coverage
This proposed rule would revise some of the existing conditions for coverage (CfCs) that ambulatory surgical centers must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The proposed modifications are intended to update the existing CfCs to reflect current practice and set forth new requirements to promote and protect patient health and safety.
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