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authority of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

Authority: Section 5509 of the Affordable 

Care Act. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: May 15, 2012. 

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–9073–N] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Quarterly Listing of Program 

Issuances—January Through March 

2012 

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 

2012, 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. 

Addenda Contact Phone No. 

I CMS Manual Instructions ................................................................................................ Ismael Torres .............................. (410) 786–1864 

II Regulation Documents Published in the Federal Register ........................................... Terri Plumb ................................. (410) 786–4481 

III CMS Rulings .................................................................................................................. Tiffany Lafferty ............................ (410) 786–7548 

IV Medicare National Coverage Determinations ............................................................... Wanda Belle ............................... (410) 786–7491 

V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs .................................................................................... John Manlove ............................. (410) 786–6877 

VI Collections of Information .............................................................................................. Mitch Bryman .............................. (410) 786–5258 

VII Medicare-Approved Carotid Stent Facilities ................................................................. Sarah J. McClain ........................ (410) 786–2294 

VIII American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Sites .......... JoAnna Baldwin, MS .................. (410) 786–7205 

IX Medicare’s Active Coverage-Related Guidance Documents ........................................ Lori Ashby ................................... (410) 786–6322 

X One-time Notices Regarding National Coverage Provisions ......................................... Lori Ashby ................................... (410) 786–6322 

XI National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry Sites ............................. Stuart Caplan, RN, MAS ............ (410) 786–8564 

XII Medicare-Approved Ventricular Assist Device (Destination Therapy) Facilities .......... JoAnna Baldwin, MS .................. (410) 786–7205 

XIII Medicare-Approved Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Facilities ................................ JoAnna Baldwin, MS .................. (410) 786–7205 

XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric Surgery Facilities .......................................................... Kate Tillman, RN, MAS .............. (410) 786–9252 

XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Dementia Trials .................. Stuart Caplan, RN, MAS ............ (410) 786–8564 

All Other Information ............................................................................................................ Annette Brewer ........................... (410) 786–6580 

I. Background 

Among other things, 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 

statements necessary to administer and 

oversee the programs efficiently. 

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 2011entitled 

‘‘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 

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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: May 11, 2012. 

Kathleen Cantwell, 

Acting Director, Office of Strategic Operations 

and Regulatory Affairs. 

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