Department of Health and Human Services September 23, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Medicare Program; Medicare Appeals; Adjustment to the Amount in Controversy Threshold Amounts for Calendar Year 2017
This notice announces the annual adjustment in the amount in controversy (AIC) threshold amounts for Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) hearings and judicial review under the Medicare appeals process. The adjustment to the AIC threshold amounts will be effective for requests for ALJ hearings and judicial review filed on or after January 1, 2017. The calendar year 2017 AIC threshold amounts are $160 for ALJ hearings and $1,560 for judicial review.
Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request; Palliative Care: Conversations Matter® Phase Two Evaluation (National Institute of Nursing Research)
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 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 July 12, 2016, page 45169 (81 FR 45169) and allowed 60 days for public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; the accuracy of the estimated burden; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Self-Identification of Generic Drug Facilities, Sites, and Organizations; Guidance for Industry; Availability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Self- Identification of Generic Drug Facilities, Sites, and Organizations.'' On July 9, 2012, the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 (GDUFA) was signed into law by the President. GDUFA, designed to speed the delivery of safe and effective generic drugs to the public and reduce costs to industry, requires that generic drug facilities, sites, and organizations around the world provide identification information annually to FDA. This guidance is intended to assist industry to meet the self-identification requirement. It explains who is required to self-identify, what information must be requested, how the information should be submitted to FDA, and what the penalty is for failure to self-identify.
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; BELVIQ
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for BELVIQ and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of applications to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human drug product.
Procedures for Evaluating Appearance Issues and Granting Authorizations for Participation in Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committees; Draft Guidance for the Public, Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee Members, and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Availability; Extension of Comment Period
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the notice that appeared in the Federal Register of June 29, 2016. In the notice, FDA requested comments on ``Procedures for Evaluating Appearance Issues and Granting Authorizations for Participation in FDA Advisory Committees; Guidance for the Public, FDA Advisory Committee Members, and FDA Staff'' and on whether FDA should request that each advisory committee member, who receives an authorization from FDA on an appearance issue so that they may participate in an advisory committee meeting, voluntarily publicly disclose the authorization. The Agency is taking this action due to errors displayed on the FDA Web site pertaining to this guidance.
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; MYALEPT
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for MYALEPT and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human biological product.
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; FYCOMPA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for FYCOMPA and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human drug product.
Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee. The general function of the committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice of Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer Sessions on the State of the Great Plains Area Indian Health Service; Extension of Comment Period
This document extends the comment period in the Notice of Tribal Consultation and Urban Confer Sessions on the State of the Great Plains Area Indian Health Service announcement that was published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2016.
Prospective Grant of Start-Up Exclusive License: Therapeutics for Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease Excluding Intranasal Delivery, Neuronal Injury (Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Epilepsy), and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404, that the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of a start-up exclusive license to Cogentis Therapeutics, Inc. which is located in Maryland, to practice the inventions embodied in the following patents: U.S. Patent 8,597,660, issued December 3, 2013 (HHS reference E-144- 2010/0-US-02). The patent rights in these inventions have been assigned to the United States of America. The prospective start-up exclusive license territory may be worldwide and the field of use may be limited to Frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease excluding intranasal delivery, Neuronal injury (stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and epilepsy), and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
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