Department of Health and Human Services November 13, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In compliance with Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an amendment to the notice of the meeting of the Food Advisory Committee. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of August 19, 2014. The amendment is being made to add an ADDRESSES section and to reflect a change in the Agenda. There are no other changes.

This notice provides public announcement of CDC's intent to award Ebola appropriations to the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) for response to the Ebola outbreak funding. This award was proposed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 under funding opportunity announcement GH14-1419 ``Advancing National Public Health Institutes Globally''. IANPHI is uniquely positioned, in terms of authority, ability, track record, infrastructure, and credibility to engage its member institutes to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Furthermore, these activities to increase eligible governments' capacity to respond to the Ebola outbreak are directly aligned with the current activities that IANPHI is conducting under this FOA to strengthen and expand national public health institute capabilities and support global health security.

This major final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule, and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services, as well as changes in the statute. See the Table of Contents for a listing of the specific issues addressed in this rule.