Department of Health and Human Services February 25, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces a public meeting to receive comments and recommendations (including accompanying data on which recommendations are based) from the public on the appropriate basis for establishing payment amounts for a specified list of new Clinical Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for clinical laboratory tests in calendar year (CY) 2012. The meeting provides a forum for interested parties to make presentations and submit written comments on the new codes that will be included in Medicare's Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for CY 2012, which will be effective on January 1, 2012. The development of the codes for clinical laboratory tests is largely performed by the CPT Editorial Panel and will not be further discussed at the meeting.

Section 3002(e) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, requires the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to publish in the Federal Register and post on the internet all policy recommendations made by the HIT Policy Committee. Policy recommendations presented at the February 2, 2011 HIT Policy Committee meeting have been transmitted from the HIT Policy Committee to the National Coordinator and are available on the ONC Web site: https://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/community/healthithh sgov policyrecommendations/1815.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Charging for Investigational Drugs'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

This proposed rule implements Section 2401 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which establishes a new State option to provide home and community-based attendant services and supports. These services and supports may be offered through the Community First Choice State plan option.