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positive effect on States and

individuals. Federal funding at the 100

percent matching rate is available for

Medicare cost-sharing for Medicare Part

B premium payments for QIs, and a

greater number of low-income Medicare

beneficiaries will be eligible to have

their Medicare Part B premiums paid

under Medicaid.

Section 1102(b) of the Act requires us

to prepare a regulatory impact analysis

for any notice that may have a

significant impact on the operations of

a substantial number of small rural

hospitals. Such an analysis must

conform to the provisions of section 603

of the RFA. For purposes of section

1102(b) of the Act, we define a small

rural hospital as a hospital that is

located outside a Metropolitan

Statistical Area and has fewer than 50

beds.

We are not preparing analyses for

either the RFA or section 1102(b) of the

Act, because we have determined and

certify that this notice will not have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities or

a significant impact on the operations of

a substantial number of small rural

hospitals.

In accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 12866, this notice was

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget.

We have reviewed this notice under

the threshold criteria of Executive Order

13132 of August 4, 1999, Federalism,

published in the Federal Register on

August 10, 1999 (64 FR 43255). The

Executive Order is effective on

November 2, 1999, which is 90 days

after the date of the Order. We have

determined that this notice does not

significantly affect the rights, roles, and

responsibilities of States.

Authority: Sections 1902(a)(10)(E) and

1933 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

1396a(a)(10)(E) and 1396x).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.778, Medical Assistance

Program)

Dated: September 28, 1999.

Michael M. Hash,

Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

Dated: November 22, 1999.

Donna E. Shalala,

Secretary.

Editorial Note. This document was

received at the Office of the Federal Register

May 23, 2000.

[FR Doc. 00–13346 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–9001–N]

Medicare and Medicaid Programs;

Quarterly Listing of Program

Issuances—Third Quarter, 1999

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists HCFA

manual instructions, substantive and

interpretive regulations, and other

Federal Register notices that were

published during July, August, and

September of 1999, relating to the

Medicare and Medicaid programs. This

notice also identifies certain devices

with investigational device exemption

numbers approved by the Food and

Drug Administration that potentially

may be covered under Medicare.

Section 1871(c) of the Social Security

Act requires that we publish a list of

Medicare issuances in the Federal

Register at least every 3 months.

Although we are not mandated to do so

by statute, for the sake of completeness

of the listing, we are also including all

Medicaid issuances and Medicare and

Medicaid substantive and interpretive

regulations (proposed and final)

published during this timeframe.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: It is

possible that an interested party may

have a specific information need and

not be able to determine from the listed

information whether the issuance or

regulation would fulfill that need.

Consequently, we are providing

information contact persons to answer

general questions concerning these

items. Copies are not available through

the contact persons.

Questions concerning Medicare items

in Addendum III may be addressed to

Bridget Wilhite, Office of

Communications and Operations

Support, Division of Regulations and

Issuances, Health Care Financing

Administration, C5–16–03, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850, (410) 786–5248.

Questions concerning Medicaid items

in Addendum III may be addressed to

Betty Stanton, Center for Medicaid State

Operations, Policy Coordination and

Planning Group, Health Care Financing

Administration, S2–26–13, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850, (410) 786–3247.

Questions concerning Food and Drug

Administration-approved

investigational device exemptions may

be addressed to Sharon Hippler, Office

of Clinical Standards and Quality,

Coverage and Analysis Group, Health

Care Financing Administration, C4–11–

04, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

MD 21244–1850, (410) 786–4633.

Questions concerning all other

information may be addressed to

Trenesha Fultz, Office of

Communications and Operations

Support, Division of Regulations and

Issuances, Health Care Financing

Administration, C5–12–08, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850, (410) 786–3822.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Program Issuances

The Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA) is responsible

for administering the Medicare and

Medicaid programs. These programs pay

for health care and related services for

39 million Medicare beneficiaries and

35 million Medicaid recipients.

Administration of these programs

involves (1) furnishing information to

Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid

recipients, health care providers, and

the public and (2) effective

communications with regional offices,

State governments, State Medicaid

Agencies, State Survey Agencies,

various providers of health care, fiscal

intermediaries and carriers that process

claims and pay bills, and others. 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). We also issue various

manuals, memoranda, and statements

necessary to administer the programs

efficiently.

Section 1871(c)(1) of the Act requires

that we publish a list of all Medicare

manual instructions, interpretive rules,

and guidelines of general applicability

not issued as regulations at least every

3 months in the Federal Register. We

published our first notice June 9, 1988

(53 FR 21730). Although we are not

mandated to do so by statute, for the

sake of completeness of the listing of

operational and policy statements, we

are continuing our practice of including

Medicare substantive and interpretive

regulations (proposed and final)

published during the 3-month time

frame.

II. How To Use the Addenda

This notice is organized so that a

reader may review the subjects of all

manual issuances, memoranda,

substantive and interpretive regulations,

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approved investigational device

exemptions published during the

timeframe to determine whether any are

of particular interest. We expect it to be

used in concert with previously

published notices. Those unfamiliar

with a description of our Medicare

manuals may wish to review Table I of

our first three notices (53 FR 21730, 53

FR 36891, and 53 FR 50577) published

in 1988, and the notice published March

31, 1993 (58 FR 16837). Those desiring

information on the Medicare Coverage

Issues Manual may wish to review the

August 21, 1989 publication (54 FR

34555).

To aid the reader, we have organized

and divided this current listing into five

addenda:

• Addendum I lists the publication

dates of the most recent quarterly

listings of program issuances.

• Addendum II identifies previous

Federal Register documents that

contain a description of all previously

published HCFA Medicare and

Medicaid manuals and memoranda.

• Addendum III lists a unique HCFA

transmittal number for each instruction

in our manuals or Program Memoranda

and its subject matter. A transmittal may

consist of a single instruction or many.

Often, it is necessary to use information

in a transmittal in conjunction with

information currently in the manuals.

• Addendum IV lists all substantive

and interpretive Medicare and Medicaid

regulations and general notices

published in the Federal Register

during the quarter covered by this

notice. For each item we list the—

+ Date published;

+ Federal Register citation;

+ Parts of the Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) that have changed (if

applicable);

+ Agency file code number;

+ Title of the regulation;

+ Ending date of the comment period

(if applicable); and

+ Effective date (if applicable).

• Addendum V includes listings of

the Food and Drug Administrationapproved investigational device

exemption numbers that have been

approved or revised during the quarter

covered by this notice. On September

19, 1995, we published a final rule (60

FR 48417) establishing in regulations at

42 CFR 405.201 et seq. that certain

devices with an investigational device

exemption approved by the Food and

Drug Administration and certain

services related to those devices may be

covered under Medicare. It is our

practice to announce all investigational

device exemption categorizations, using

the investigational device exemption

numbers the Food and Drug

Administration assigns. The listings are

organized according to the categories to

which the device numbers are assigned

(that is, Category A or Category B, and

identified by the investigational device

exemption number).

III. How To Obtain Listed Material

A. Manuals

Those wishing to subscribe to

program manuals should contact either

the Government Printing Office (GPO)

or the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS) at the following

addresses: Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, ATTN: New Orders, P.O. Box

371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954,

Telephone (202) 512–1800, Fax number

(202) 512–2250 (for credit card orders);

or

National Technical Information

Service, Department of Commerce, 5825

Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161,

Telephone (703) 487–4630.

In addition, individual manual

transmittals and Program Memoranda

listed in this notice can be purchased

from NTIS. Interested parties should

identify the transmittal(s) they want.

GPO or NTIS can give complete details

on how to obtain the publications they

sell. Additionally, all manuals are

available at the following Internet

address: http://www.hcfa.gov/

pubforms/progman.htm.

B. Regulations and Notices

Regulations and notices are published

in the daily Federal Register. Interested

individuals may purchase individual

copies or subscribe to the Federal

Register by contacting the GPO at the

address given above. When ordering

individual copies, it is necessary to cite

either the date of publication or the

volume number and page number.

The Federal Register is also available

on 24x microfiche and as an online

database through GPO Access. The

online database is updated by 6 a.m.

each day the Federal Register is

published. The database includes both

text and graphics from Volume 59,

Number 1 (January 2, 1994) forward.

Free public access is available on a

Wide Area Information Server (WAIS)

through the Internet and via

asynchronous dial-in. Internet users can

access the database by using the World

Wide Web; the Superintendent of

Documents home page address is http:/

/www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html,

by using local WAIS client software, or

by telnet to swais.access.gpo.gov, then

log in as guest (no password required).

Dial-in users should use

communications software and modem

to call (202) 512–1661; type swais, then

log in as guest (no password required).

C. Rulings

We publish rulings on an infrequent

basis. Interested individuals can obtain

copies from the nearest HCFA Regional

Office or review them at the nearest

regional depository library. We have, on

occasion, published rulings in the

Federal Register. Rulings, beginning

with those released in 1995, are

available online, through the HCFA

Home Page. The Internet address is

http://www.hcfa.gov/regs/rulings.htm.

D. HCFA’s Compact Disk-Read Only

Memory (CD–ROM)

Our laws, regulations, and manuals

are also available on CD–ROM and may

be purchased from GPO or NTIS on a

subscription or single copy basis. The

Superintendent of Documents list ID is

HCLRM, and the stock number is 717–

139–00000–3. The following material is

on the CD–ROM disk:

• Titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Act.

• HCFA-related regulations.

• HCFA manuals and monthly

revisions.

• HCFA program memoranda.

The titles of the Compilation of the

Social Security Laws are current as of

January 1, 1995. (Updated titles of the

Social Security Laws are available on

the Internet at http://www.ssa.gov/

OPlHome/ssact/comp-toc.htm.) The

remaining portions of CD–ROM are

updated on a monthly basis.

Because of complaints about the

unreadability of the Appendices

(Interpretive Guidelines) in the State

Operations Manual (SOM), as of March

1995, we deleted these appendices from

CD–ROM. We intend to re-visit this

issue in the near future and, with the

aid of newer technology, we may again

be able to include the appendices on

CD–ROM.

Any cost report forms incorporated in

the manuals are included on the CD–

ROM disk as LOTUS files. LOTUS

software is needed to view the reports

once the files have been copied to a

personal computer disk.

IV. How To Review Listed Material

Transmittals or Program Memoranda

can be reviewed at a local Federal

Depository Library (FDL). Under the

FDL program, government publications

are sent to approximately 1,400

designated libraries throughout the

United States. Some FDLs may have

arrangements to transfer material to a

local library not designated as an FDL.

Contact any library to locate the nearest

FDL.

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In addition, individuals may contact

regional depository libraries that receive

and retain at least one copy of most

Federal government publications, either

in printed or microfilm form, for use by

the general public. These libraries

provide reference services and

interlibrary loans; however, they are not

sales outlets. Individuals may obtain

information about the location of the

nearest regional depository library from

any library.

Superintendent of Documents

numbers for each HCFA publication are

shown in Addendum III, along with the

HCFA publication and transmittal

numbers. To help FDLs locate the

materials, use the Superintendent of

Documents number, plus the HCFA

transmittal number. For example, to

find the Intermediary Manual, Part 3-

Claims Process, (HCFA Pub. 13–3)

transmittal entitled ‘‘Outpatient

Therapeutic Services,’’ use the

Superintendent of Documents No. HE

22.8/6 and the HCFA transmittal

number 1778.

(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 22, 2000.

Elizabeth Cusick,

Director, Office of Communications and

Operations Support.

Addendum I

This addendum lists the publication dates

of the most recent quarterly listings of

program issuances.

June 4, 1998 (63 FR 30499)

August 11, 1998 (63 FR 42857)

September 16, 1998 (63 FR 49598)

December 9, 1998 (63 FR 67899)

May 11, 1999 (64 FR 25351)

November 2, 1999 (64 FR 59185)

December 7, 1999 (64 FR 68357)

January 10, 2000 (65 FR 1400)

Addendum II—Description of Manuals,

Memoranda, and HCFA Rulings

An extensive descriptive listing of

Medicare manuals and memoranda was

published on June 9, 1988, at 53 FR 21730

and supplemented on September 22, 1988, at

53 FR 36891 and December 16, 1988, at 53

FR 50577. Also, a complete description of the

Medicare Coverage Issues Manual was

published on August 21, 1989, at 54 FR

34555. A brief description of the various

Medicaid manuals and memoranda that we

maintain was published on October 16, 1992

(57 FR 47468).

ADDENDUM III.—MEDICARE AND MEDICAID MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS

[July 1999 through September 1999]

Trans.

No. Manual/Subject/Publication No.

Intermediary Manual

Part 3—Claims Process (HCFA Pub.13–3)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6)

1778 • Outpatient Therapeutic Services

Oral Anti-Nausea Drugs as Full Therapeutic Replacements for Intravenous Dosage Forms as Part of Cancer

Chemotherapeutic Regimen

1779 • Requirements-General

Election Procedures

Election, Revocation, and Change of Hospice

Covered Services

Special Coverage Requirements

1780 • Electronic Media Claims

Requirements for Submission of Electronic Media Claims Data

File Specifications, Records Specifications, and Data Element Definitions for Electronic Media Claims Bills

Medicare Intermediary Standard Paper Remittance

Electronic UB–92 Change Request Procedures

Medicare Standard Electronic Remittance

Support of Non-Millennium Electronic Formats

National Standard Electronic Remittance Advice

1781 • Prospective Payment System PRICER Program

Provider—Specific Payment Data

Provider Specific Data Record Layout and Description

Intermediary Responsibilities

Carriers Manual

Part 3—Claims Process (HCFA Pub. 14–3)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/7)

1642 • Self-Administered Drugs and Biologicals

Payment for Oral Anti-emetic Drugs When Used as Full Replacement for Intravenous Anti-emetic Drugs as Part

of a Cancer Chemotherapeutic Regimen

1643 • Claims Involving Beneficiaries Who Have Elected Hospice Coverage

1644 • Reimbursement for Physician’s Visits to Nursing Home Patients

Physicians’ Services Paid Under Fee Schedule

Entities/Suppliers Whose Physicians’ Services Are Paid for Under Fee Schedule

Payment at Medically Directed Payment Rate

Specific Hematology, Cytopathology, and Blood Banking Services

Payment Conditions for Radiology Services

Payment for Physicians Services Furnished to Dialysis Inpatients

Payment for Initial Hospital Care Services

Consultations

Reporting of Visit When Patient is Seen in Emergency Department and Emergency Department Physician Requests Another Physician to See the Patient in Emergency Department or Office/Outpatient Setting

Home Services

1645 • Reassignment

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[July 1999 through September 1999]

Trans.

No. Manual/Subject/Publication No.

Payment to Employer of Physician

Payment to Facility in Which Services Are Performed

Payment to Health Care Delivery System

Payment to Physician for Purchased Diagnostic Tests

Payment to Supplier of Diagnostic Tests for Purchased Interpretations

Payment Under Locum Tenens Arrangements

1646 • Requirements for Electronic Data Interchange

Telecommunications Systems and Methods

Electronic Data Interchange System

Electronic Data Interchange Testing and Verification

Technical Requirements

Technical Assistance for Electronic Data Interchange Trading Partners

Prohibition of Exclusive Use of Proprietary Software

Hardware

Medicare Standard Personal Computer-Print B Software

Support of Non-Millennium Electronic Formats

National Standard Format Maintenance Procedures

1647 • Correct Coding Initiative

1648 • Colorectal Cancer Screening

Bone Mass Measurements.

1649 • Pancreas Transplants

Program Memorandum

Intermediaries (HCFA Pub. 60A)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6–5)

A–99–31 • Clarifications to Program Memorandum A–99–6, Dated February 1999, 15 Minute Increment Reporting for Home

Health Services

A–99–32 • Medical Review Activities Following the Removal of Home Health Sequential Billing Edits—Regional Home

Health Intermediaries Only

A–99–33 • Change in Hospice Payment Rates, Update to the Hospice Cap, Revised Hospice Wage Index and Hospice

PRICER.

A–99–34 • Implementation of Federal Register Notice to be Published on or About July 30, 1999 of Revised Per-Beneficiary and Per Visit Limitations on Home Health Agency Costs for Cost Reporting Periods Beginning on or

After October 1, 1999 and Portions of Cost Reporting Periods Beginning Before October 1, 2000

A–99–35 • Change to Reporting of Outpatient Rehabilitation Services and All Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation

Agency Services Using HCFA Common Procedure Coding System

A–99–36 • Year 2000 Procedures: Develop Modified System for Beneficiary Requests for Immediate Peer Review Organization Review of Hospital Issued Notices of Noncoverage

A–99–37 • Home Health Advance Beneficiary Notices Must Be Given to Beneficiaries by Home Health Agencies and Demand Bills Must Be Submitted Promptly

A–99–38 • Home Health Advance Beneficiary Notices Must Be Given to Beneficiaries by Home Health Agencies and Demand Bills Must Be Submitted Promptly

A–99–39 • Payment Safeguard Review Instructions for Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Claims

A–99–40 • Deactivation of Inactive Community Mental Health Center Medicare Numbers

A–99–41 • Clarification of Modifier Usage in Reporting Outpatient Hospital Services

A–99–42 • The Supplemental Security Income Medicare Beneficiary Data for Fiscal Year 1998 for Prospective Payment

System Hospitals

Program Memorandum

Carriers (HCFA Pub. 60B)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6–5)

B–99–29 • Returns From Year 2000 Mailing

B–99–30 • Changes to the 1999 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database

B–99–31 • Change to Health Insurance Claim Form HCFA–1500 Instructions for Processing Physician Claims in Global

Payment Systems

B–99–32 • Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier Instructions to Implement Balanced Budget Act of 1997 Provisions

§ 4105 to Provide Expanded Coverage of Blood Glucose Monitors and Test Strips for all Diabetics. Implement

July 1, 1998

B–99–33 • Change to Health Insurance Claim Form HCFA–1500 Instructions for Processing Physician Claims in Global

Payment Systems

B–99–34 • Site Visits and Enrollment of Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities

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ADDENDUM III.—MEDICARE AND MEDICAID MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS—Continued

[July 1999 through September 1999]

Trans.

No. Manual/Subject/Publication No.

Program Memorandum

Intermediaries/Carriers (HCFA Pub. 60A/B)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6–5)

AB–99–50 • Further Delay of Change Request 796 (Coverage Issues Manual § 35–10 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy)

AB–99–51 • Limited Medicare Coverage and Billing Instructions for Enhanced External Counterpulsation

AB–99–52 • Suspension of National Coverage Policy on Electrostimulation for Wound Healing

AB–99–53 • Final Rule Revising and Updating Medicare Policies Concerning Ambulance Services

AB–99–54 • Clarification of Program Memorandum AB–99–27—Implementation of Calendar Year 2000 Fee Schedules and

Pricing Updates

AB–99–55 • Transmittal Number AB–99–55 has been rescinded and will not be released

AB–99–56 • Biomedical Equipment Year 2000 Compliance

AB–99–57 • October 1, 1999 Payment and Coding Updates

AB–99–58 • Modified Procedures for Sharing HCFA Data with the Department of Justice

AB–99–59 • Medicare Coverage of Epoetin Alfa (Procrit) for Preoperative Use

AB–99–60 • Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments

AB–99–61 • Mandatory Submission of Social Security Account Numbers and Employer Identification Numbers

AB–99–62 • Quarterly Update for 1999 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies Fee Schedule

AB–99–63 • Implementation of the New Payment Limit for Drugs and Biologicals.

AB–99–64 • Education of Medicare Providers on the Adoption of Standard Electronic Health Care Transaction Formats in the

United States

AB–99–65 • Implementing Coordination of Benefits Contractor Numbers

AB–99–66 • Provider Education Article: Submitting, Processing, and Paying Year 2000 Medicare Claims

AB–99–67 • Update of Rates and Wage Index for Ambulatory Surgical Center Payments Effective October 1, 1999

AB–99–68 • Provider Education Article: National Provider Education and Training Program

AB–99–69 • Instruction Implementation Reporting

AB–99–70 • Provider Education Article: Submitting, Processing, and Paying Year 2000 Medicare Claims

AB–99–71 • Year 2000 HCFA Common Procedure Coding System Update

Program Memorandum

State Survey Agencies (HCFA Pub. 65)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/6–5)

99–1 • Policy Clarification: Home Health Agency Parent, Branch and Subunit Criteria

State Operations Manual Provider Certification

(HCFA Pub. 7)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/12)

10 • Roster/Sample Matrix

Roster/Sample Matrix Provider Instructions

Roster/Sample Matrix Surveyor Instructions

Facility Characteristics

Facility Quality Indicator Profile

Resident Level Summary

Quality Indicator Matrix

Survey Procedures for Long Term Care Facilities

Guidance to Surveyors

Peer Review Organization Manual

(HCFA Pub 19)

(Superintendent of Documents No HE 22 8/8–15)

74 • Purpose of Peer Review Organization Review

Peer Review Organization Responsibilities

Health Care Financing Administration’s Role

Health Care Quality Improvement Program

Payment Error Prevention Program

75 • Objectives of the Internal Quality Control Program

Internal Quality Control Program Requirements

Internal Quality Control Process

Analysis and Reporting Requirements

Peer Review Organization Review Documentation

Reporting Requirements

Peer Review Organization Intermediary Data Exchange Reports

76 • Authority

Scope of Review

Complaints That Do Not Meet Statutory Requirements

Referrals

........ Review Process

........ Notice of Disclosure

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ADDENDUM III.—MEDICARE AND MEDICAID MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS—Continued

[July 1999 through September 1999]

Trans.

No. Manual/Subject/Publication No.

........ Disclosure of Quality Review Information to Complaints

Hospice Manual

(HCFA Pub. 21)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/18)

55 • Eligibility and Coverage

Eligibility Requirements

Use of Election Periods

Election, Revocation and Change of Hospice

Covered Services

Core Services

Special Coverage Requirements

Notice of Election

Hospice Payment Rates

Local Adjustment of Payment Rates

Cap on Overall Reimbursement

Adjustments to Cap Amount

Coverage Issues Manual

(HCFA Pub. 6)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/14)

118 • Enhanced External Counterpulsation for Severe Angina

119 • Pancreas Transplants

Provider Reimbursement Manual—Part 1

(HCFA Pub. 15–1)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/4)

409 • Travel Expense

Provider Reimbursement Manual—Part 2

Provider Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions

Chapter 18—Form HCFA–2088–92

(HCFA Pub. 15–2–18)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/4)

3 • Outpatient Rehabilitation Provider Cost Reporting Form

Provider Reimbursement Manual—Part 2

Provider Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions

Chapter 32—Form HCFA–1728–94

(HCFA Pub. 15–2–32)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/4)

7 • Home Health Agency Cost Reporting Form

Electronic Reporting Specifications

Provider Reimbursement Manual—Part 2

Provider Cost Reporting Forms and Instructions

Chapter 35—Form HCFA–2540–96

(HCFA Pub. 15–2–35)

(Superintendent of Documents No. HE 22.8/4)

5 • Skilled Nursing Facility Cost Reporting Form

Skilled Nursing Facility Complex Cost Reporting Form

Medicare/Medicaid

Sanction—Reinstatement Report

(HCFA Pub. 69)

99–7 • Report of Physicians/Practitioners, Providers and/or Other Health Care Suppliers Excluded/Reinstated—June

1999

99–8 • Report of Physicians/Practitioners, Providers and/or Other Health Care Suppliers Excluded/Reinstated—July

1999

99–9 • Report of Physicians/Practitioners, Providers and/or Other Health Care Suppliers Excluded/Reinstated—August

1999

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ADDENDUM IV.—REGULATION DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER

Publication date FR Vol. 64

page CFR* part(s) File code** Regulation title

End of

comment

period

Effective date

07/02/99 ............ 36069–36089 482 ................... HCFA–3018–IFC Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions

of Participation: Patients’

Rights.

08/31/99 08/02/99

07/06/99 ............ 36320–36321 409, 410, 411,

412, 413, 419,

489, 498, and

1003.

HCFA–1005–4N Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for

Hospital Outpatient Services;

Extension of Comment Period.

07/30/99

07/06/99 ............ 36321–36322 416 and 488 ..... HCFA–1885–6N Medicare Program; Update of

Ratesetting Methodology,

Payment Rates, Payment

Policies, and the List of Covered Procedures for Ambulatory Surgical Centers Effective October 1, 1998; Extension of Comment Period.

07/30/99

07/07/99 ............ 36695–36696 ........................... HCFA–1082–N Medicare Program; July 22,

1999, Meeting of the Competitive Pricing Advisory

Committee and the Area Advisory Committee for the

Kansas City Metropolitan.

07/16/99 ............ 38395–38396 405 ................... HCFA–1083–N Medicare Program; Meetings

of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Ambulance Fee Schedule.

07/22/99 ............ 39608–39771 410, 411, 414,

and 415.

HCFA–1065–P Medicare Program; Revisions

to Payment Policies Under

the Physician Fee Schedule

for Calendar Year 2000.

09/20/99

07/23/99 ............ 39934–39938 431 and 498 ..... HCFA–2054–IFC Medicare and Medicaid Program; Appeal of the Loss of

Nurse Aide Training Programs.

09/21/99 07/23/99

07/27/99 ............ 40534–40539 414 ................... HCFA–1010–P Medicare Program; Replacement of Reasonable Charge

Methodology by Fee Schedules.

09/27/99

07/30/99 ............ 41489–41641 412, 413, 483,

and 485.

HCFA–1053–F Medicare Program; Changes to

the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems

and Fiscal Year 2000 Rates.

10/01/99

07/30/99 ............ 41684–41701 ........................... HCFA–1056–N Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and

Consolidated Billing for

Skilled Nursing Facilities—

Update.

........................ 10/01/99

07/30/99 ............ 41643–41683 409, 411, 413,

and 489.

HCFA–1913–F Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and

Consolidated Billing for

Skilled Nursing Facilities.

........................ 09/28/99

08/03/99 ............ 42139–42140 ........................... HCFA–3021–N Medicare Program; August 31,

1999 Open Town Hall Meeting To Discuss the End

Stage Renal Disease Network Organizations (ESRD

Networks) Activities.

08/04/99 ............ 42393–42402 ........................... HCFA–1054–N Medicare Program; Hospice

Wage Index.

........................ 10/01/99

08/04/99 ............ 42403–42406 ........................... HCFA–0002–N Medicare Program; Year 2000

Readiness Letters.

08/05/99 ............ 42610–42614 413 ................... HCFA–1883–F Medicare Program; Revision of

the Procedures for Requesting Exceptions to Cost Limits

for Skilled Nursing Facilities

and Elimination of Reclassifications.

........................ 09/07/99

34488 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 30, 2000 / Notices

ADDENDUM IV.—REGULATION DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER—Continued

Publication date FR Vol. 64

page CFR* part(s) File code** Regulation title

End of

comment

period

Effective date

08/05/99 ............ 42766–42789 ........................... HCFA–1060–NC Medicare Program; Schedules

of Per-Visit and Per-Beneficiary Limitations on Home

Health Agency Costs for

Cost Reporting Periods Beginning on or After October

1, 1999 and Portions of Cost

Reporting Periods Beginning

Before October 1, 2000.

10/04/99 10/01/99 and

10/01/00

08/09/99 ............ 43198–43200 ........................... HCFA–1055–NC Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Announcement of

Additional Applications From

Hospitals Requesting Waivers for Organ Procurement

Service Areas.

10/08/99

08/10/99 ............ 43295 498 ................... HCFA–2054–CN Medicare and Medicaid Program; Appeal of the Loss of

Nurse Aide Training Programs; Correction.

........................ 07/23/99

08/10/99 ............ 43338–43339 Chapter IV ........ HCFA–3250–N3 Medicare Program; Negotiated

Rulemaking; Coverage and

Administrative Policies for

Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests; Announcement of

Additional Public Meetings.

08/18/99 ............ 44841–44856 413 ................... HCFA–1001–IFC Medicare Program; Graduate

Medical Education (GME):

Incentive Payments Under

Plans for Voluntary Reduction in the Number of Residents.

10/18/99 09/17/99

08/20/99 ............ 45785–45807 45 CFR 144,

146, 148, and

150.

HCFA–2019–IFC Federal Enforcement in Group

and Individual Health Insurance Markets.

10/19/99 09/20/99

08/24/99 ............ 46205–46206 ........................... HCFA–1076–N Medicare Program; September

16, 1999, Meeting of the

Competitive Pricing Advisory

Committee.

08/27/99 ............ 46920 ........................... HCFA–1077–N Medicare Program; September

23, 1999, Meeting of the

Competitive Pricing Demonstration Area Advisory

Committee, Maricopa County.

09/07/99 ............ 48661 ........................... HCFA–1078–N Medicare Program; September

27 and 28, 1999, Meeting of

the Practicing Physicians

Advisory Council.

09/09/99 ............ 49020–49021 ........................... HCFA–1087–N Medicare Program; Open Public Meeting To Discuss the

Conduct of a Second Competitive Bidding Demonstration.

09/10/99 ............ 49199–49201 ........................... HCFA–2057–PN Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reapplication of the

American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for Continued

Approval of Deeming Authority for Hospitals.

10/12/99

09/10/99 ............ 49197–49198 ........................... HCFA–2058–PN Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application of the

Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) for

Continued Approval of

Deeming Authority for Home

Health Agencies.

10/12/99

09/10/99 ............ 49121–49128 435, 436, and

440.

HCFA–2082–N Medicaid Program; Optional

Coverage of Certain Tuberculosis-Related Services to

TB-Infected Individuals.

11/09/99

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 30, 2000 / Notices 34489

ADDENDUM IV.—REGULATION DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER—Continued

Publication date FR Vol. 64

page CFR* part(s) File code** Regulation title

End of

comment

period

Effective date

09/16/99 ............ 50288 ........................... HCFA–1039–CN2 Medicare Program; Hospice

Wage Index; Correction.

........................ 10/01/99

09/17/99 ............ 50482–50483 405 ................... HCFA–1086–N Medicare Program; Meetings

of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the

Ambulance Fee Schedule.

09/17/99 ............ 50523–50524 ........................... HCFA–1090–N Medicare Program; October 6,

1999 and November 15,

1999, Meetings of the Competitive Pricing Demonstration Area Advisory Committee, Kansas City, MO

Metropolitan Area.

09/27/99 ............ 51908–51910 413 ................... HCFA–1876–F Medicare Program; Revision to

Accrual Basis of Accounting

Policy.

........................ 11/26/99

09/28/99 ............ 52377 ........................... HCFA–1054–N Medicare Program; Hospice

Wage Index.

09/30/99 ............ 52665–52670 405 ................... HCFA–4121–FC Medicare Program; Telephone

Requests for Review of Part

B Initial Claim Determinations.

11/29/99 02/01/00

*42 CFR except where noted

**N—General Notice; PN—Proposed Notice; NC—Notice with Comment Period; FN—Final Notice; P—Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(NPRM); F—Final Rule; FC—Final Rule with Comment Period; CN—Correction Notice; IFC—Interim Final Rule with Comment Period; GNC—

General Notice with Comment Period

Addendum V—Categorization of Food and

Drug Administration-Allowed

Investigational Device Exemptions

Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

(21 U.S.C. 360c), devices fall into one of three

classes. Also, under the new categorization

process to assist HCFA, the Food and Drug

Administration assigns each device with a

Food and Drug Administration-approved

investigational device exemption to one of

two categories. To obtain more information

about the classes or categories, please refer to

the Federal Register notice published on

April 21, 1997 (62 FR 19328).

The following information presents the

device number, category (in this case, A), and

criterion code.

G 990077—A2

G 990162—A1

G 990169—A2

The following information presents the

device number, category (in this case, B), and

criterion code.

G 980325—B3

G 990123—B1

G 990124—B4

G 990125—B2

G 990127—B4

G 990131—B3

G 990132—B2

G 990134—B4

G 990137—B1

G 990138—B5

G 990139—B3

G 990142—B4

G 990143—B3

G 990144—B2

G 990146—B2

G 990148—B4

G 990150—B3

G 990151—B2

G 990152—B2

G 990153—B4

G 990155—B2

G 990156—B2

G 990158—B3

G 990164—B4

G 990171—B1

G 990172—B2

G 990174—B4

G 990175—B2

G 990176—B4

G 990177—B4

G 990178—B2

G 990179—B

G 990181—B4

G 990183—B4

G 990185—B3

G 990189—B3

G 990192—B1

G 990194—B4

G 990197—B4

G 990199—B4

G 990207—B2

G 990209—B4

[FR Doc. 00–13347 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–U

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Federal Credentialing Program;

Working Meeting

Announcement is made of the

following Federal Credentialing

Program (FCP)Working Meeting

scheduled for July 10–13, 2000:

Name: Federal Credentialing Program

Working Meeting.

Date and Time:

Monday, July 10, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Tuesday, July 11, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Wednesday, July 12, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5

p.m.

Thursday, July 13, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

Place: The Hilton Alexandria Mark Center,

5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311.

This meeting is open to credentialing

software developers and data consultants.

Agenda: The agenda will include an

opening address on Web Technology and

Interoperable Systems, and an overview of

the FCP Program. Additional presentations

include an Introduction to Data Exchange

and expert panel presentations on trends in

the Development of Standards for Health

Care Data Exchange and The Standards

Creation Process.

This FCP meeting will convene other

health care provider professional

representatives for work group meetings to be

held on Wednesday, July 12, and Thursday,

July 13, 2000. The groups will identify the

data elements required to credential their

professions, and provide an exhibit forum for

credentialing software manufacturers. The

meeting will provide an open forum for

credentialing data, developers and data

consultants to discuss design for a new

Health Level 7 software developers

credentialing data exchange standard.

For registration information, contact Linda

White at 314–894–5747 or by e-mail at

whitelin@lrn.va.gov

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.