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compliance with ACHC’s program

requirements. These monitoring

procedures are used only when ACHC

identifies noncompliance. If

noncompliance is identified through

validation reviews or complaint

surveys, the State survey agency

monitors corrections as specified at

§ 488.7(d).

++ ACHC’s capacity to report

deficiencies to the surveyed facilities

and respond to the facility’s plan of

correction in a timely manner.

++ ACHC’s capacity to provide CMS

with electronic data and reports

necessary for effective validation and

assessment of the organization’s survey

process.

++ ACHC’s staff adequacy and other

resources, and its financial viability.

++ ACHC’s capacity to adequately

fund required surveys.

++ ACHC’s policies with respect to

whether surveys are announced or

unannounced, to assure that surveys are

unannounced.

++ ACHC’s agreement to provide

CMS with a copy of the most current

accreditation survey together with any

other information related to the survey

as CMS may require (including

corrective action plans).

IV. Collection of Information

Requirements

This document does not impose

information collection and recordkeeping requirements.

Consequently, it need not be reviewed

by the Office of Management and

Budget under the authority of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 35).

V. Response to Comments

Because of the large number of public

comments we normally receive on

Federal Register documents, we are not

able to acknowledge or respond to them

individually. We will consider all

comments we receive by the date and

time specified in the **DATES** 

# section of

this preamble, and, when we proceed

with a subsequent document, we will

respond to the comments in the

preamble to that document.

Upon completion of our evaluation,

including evaluation of comments

received as a result of this notice, we

will publish a final notice in the Federal

Register announcing the result of our

evaluation.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.778, Medical Assistance

Program; No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: April 19, 2013.

Marilyn Tavenner,

Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare

& Medicaid Services.

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# DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

**HUMAN SERVICES**

**Centers for Medicare & Medicaid**

**Services**

**[CMS–9079–N]**



# Medicare and Medicaid Programs;

**Quarterly Listing of Program**

**Issuances—January Through March**

**2013**

**AGENCY** 

# : Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

**ACTION** 

# : Notice.

**SUMMARY** 

# : This quarterly notice lists

CMS manual instructions, substantive

and interpretive regulations, and other

Federal Register notices that were

published from January through March

2013, relating to the Medicare and

Medicaid programs and other programs

administered by CMS.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** 

# : It is

possible that an interested party may

need specific information and not be

able to determine from the listed

information whether the issuance or

regulation would fulfill that need.

Consequently, we are providing contact

persons to answer general questions

concerning each of the addenda

published in this notice.

I. Background

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Services (CMS) is responsible for

administering the Medicare and

Medicaid programs and coordination

and oversight of private health

insurance. Administration and oversight

of these programs involves the

following: (1) Furnishing information to

Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, health care providers, and the public;

and (2) maintaining effective

communications with CMS regional

offices, state governments, state

Medicaid agencies, state survey

agencies, various providers of health

care, all Medicare contractors that

process claims and pay bills, National

Association of Insurance Commissioners

(NAIC), health insurers, and other

stakeholders. To implement the various statutes on which the programs are

based, we issue regulations under the

authority granted to the Secretary of the

Department of Health and Human

Services under sections 1102, 1871,

1902, and related provisions of the

Social Security Act (the Act) and Public

Health Service Act. We also issue

various manuals, memoranda, and

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Section 1871(c) of the Act requires

that we publish a list of all Medicare

manual instructions, interpretive rules,

statements of policy, and guidelines of

general applicability not issued as

regulations at least every 3 months in

the Federal Register

.

II. Revised Format for the Quarterly

Issuance Notices

While we are publishing the quarterly

notice required by section 1871(c) of the

Act, we will no longer republish

duplicative information that is available

to the public elsewhere. We believe this

approach is in alignment with CMS’

commitment to the general principles of

the President’s Executive Order 13563

released January 2011 entitled

‘‘Improving Regulation and Regulatory

Review,’’ which promotes modifying

and streamlining an agency’s regulatory

program to be more effective in

achieving regulatory objectives. Section

6 of Executive Order 13563 requires

agencies to identify regulations that may

be ‘‘outmoded, ineffective, insufficient,

or excessively burdensome, and to

modify, streamline, expand or repeal

them in accordance with what has been learned.’’ This approach is also in

alignment with the President’s Open

Government and Transparency Initiative

that establishes a system of

transparency, public participation, and

collaboration.

Therefore, this quarterly notice

provides only the specific updates that

have occurred in the 3-month period

along with a hyperlink to the full listing

that is available on the CMS Web site or

the appropriate data registries that are

used as our resources. This information

is the most current up-to-date

information and will be available earlier

than we publish our quarterly notice.

We believe the Web site list provides

more timely access for beneficiaries,

providers, and suppliers. We also

believe the Web site offers a more

convenient tool for the public to find

the full list of qualified providers for

these specific services and offers more

flexibility and ‘‘real time’’ accessibility.

In addition, many of the Web sites have

listservs; that is, the public can

subscribe and receive immediate

notification of any updates to the Web

site. These listservs avoid the need to

check the Web site, as notification of updates is automatic and sent to the

subscriber as they occur. If assessing a

Web site proves to be difficult, the

contact person listed can provide

information.

III. How To Use the Notice

This notice is organized into 15

addenda so that a reader may access the

subjects published during the quarter

covered by the notice to determine

whether any are of particular interest.

We expect this notice to be used in

concert with previously published

notices. Those unfamiliar with a

description of our Medicare manuals

should view the manuals at http://

www.cms.gov/manuals

.

Authority: (Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Program No. 93.773, Medicare—

Hospital Insurance, Program No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program, and Program No. 93.714,

Medical Assistance Program).

Dated: April 24, 2013.

Kathleen Cantwell,

Director, Office of Strategic Operations and

Regulatory Affairs.

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# DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

**HUMAN SERVICES**

**Centers for Medicare & Medicaid**

**Services**

**Statement of Organization, Functions,**

**and Delegations of Authority**

Part F of the Statement of

Organization, Functions, and

Delegations of Authority for the

Department of Health and Human

Services, Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services (CMS), (last amended

at Federal Register , Vol. 76, No. 75, p.

21909, dated April 19, 2011) is amended

to revise the functions of the Office of

Communications (OC).

Under Part F., Section FC. 20

(Functions) for OC is revised as follows:

• Serves as CMS’ focal point for

internal and external strategic and

tactical communications providing

leadership for CMS in the areas of

customer service; Web site operations;

traditional and new media including

web initiatives such as social media

supported by innovative, increasingly

mobile technologies; media relations;

call center operations; consumer

materials; public information

campaigns; and public engagement.

• Serves as senior advisor to the

Administrator in all activities related to

the media. Provides consultation,

advice, and training to CMS’ senior staff

with respect to relations with the news

media.

• Coordinates with external partners

including the Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) and the White House on key communication and

public engagement initiatives,

leveraging CMS resources to

strategically support these activities.

• Contributes to the formulation of

policies, programs, and systems as

related to strategic and tactical

communications.

• Coordinates with the Office of

Legislation on the development and

advancement of new legislative

initiatives and improvements.

• Oversees communications research,

design and development, evaluation and

continuous improvement activities for

improving internal and external

communication tools, including but not

limited to brochures, public information

campaigns, handbooks, Web sites,

reports, presentations/briefings.

• Identifies communication best

practices for the benefit of CMS

beneficiaries (i.e., of the Medicare and

Medicaid programs) and other CMS

customers.

• Formulates and implements a

customer service plan that serves as a

roadmap for the effective treatment and

advocacy of customers and the quality

of information provided to them.

• Oversees beneficiary and consumer

call centers and provides leadership for

CMS in the area of call center

operations.

• Oversees all CMS interactions and

collaborations with key stakeholders

(external advocacy groups, contractors,

local and State governments, HHS, the

White House, other CMS components,

and other Federal entities) related to the

Medicare and Medicaid and other

Agency programs.

• Coordinates stakeholder relations,

community outreach, and public

engagement with the CMS Regional

Offices. Authority: 44 U.S.C 3101.

Dated: April 25, 2013.

Marilyn B. Tavenner,

Acting Administrator and Chief Operating

Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Services.

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# DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

**HUMAN SERVICES**

**Administration for Children and**

**Families**

**Proposed Information Collection**

**Activity; Comment Request**

Proposed Projects

Title: Notice of Interstate Lien.

OMB No.: 0970–0153.

Description: Section 452(a)(11) of the

Social Security Act requires the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

to promulgate a form for imposition of

liens to be used by the State child

support enforcement (Title IV–D)

agencies in interstate cases. Section

454(9)(E) of the Social Security Act

requires each State to cooperate with

any other State in using the Federal

form for imposition of liens in interstate

child support cases. Tribal IV–D

agencies are not required to use this

form but may choose to do so. OMB

approval of this form is expiring in May

2014 and the Administration for

Children and Families is requesting an

extension of this form.

Respondents: State, local or Tribal

agencies administering a child support

enforcement program under title IV–D

of the Social Security Act.