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Annual Responses: 1,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 125. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Ada 

Sanchez at 410–786–9466.) 

Dated: January 28, 2014. 

Martique Jones, 

Deputy Director, Regulations Development 

Group, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–9082–N] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Quarterly Listing of Program 

Issuances— 

October through December 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 October through 

December 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. 

Addenda Contact Phone number 

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 ............................................................................... Lori Ashby .................... (410) 786–6322 

VIII American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Sites .......................... Marie Casey, BSN, 

MPH.

(410) 786–7861 

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 .......................... Marie Casey, BSN, 

MPH.

(410) 786–7861 

XIII Medicare-Approved Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Facilities ................................................. Marie Casey, BSN, 

MPH.

(410) 786–7861 

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 

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, 


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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: January 24, 2014. 

Kathleen Cantwell, 

Director, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 


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[FR Doc. 2014–02069 Filed 1–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Notice of Meetings for Early Head 

Start-Child Care Partnerships 

AGENCY: Administration for Children 

and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings via 

webinar and telephone call-in. 

SUMMARY: This public meeting is to 

obtain input on the creation of Early 

Head Start (EHS)-Child Care 

Partnerships that were authorized by the 

2014 Omnibus Act, which was released 

on January 17, 2014. The purpose of this 

meeting is to provide an open door 

forum for public input in order to help 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services as we develop future planning 

activities. 

To help us best develop Early Head 

Start with local child care centers and 

family child care providers serving lowincome infants and toddlers, this notice 

invites the public to learn about 

partnerships and provide information 

that may assist the Agency at two public 

meetings held via webinar and 

telephone call-in. 

DATES: Two public meetings will be 

held on February 6, 2014, and February 

7, 2014. The dates and times for each 

meeting will be: 

February 6, 2014: 4:00–5:00 p.m. EST 

February 7, 2014: 4:00–5:00 p.m. EST 

Registration and Additional 

Information: We request that interested 

persons register online with the Child 

Care Communications Management 

Center (CMC) to participate in one or 

more meetings via either webinar or by 

telephone. Interested persons may 

register for the February 6 meeting at: 

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/

905737662, or the February 7 meeting 

at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/

register/539737118. 

The contact at CMC is Karen Limsi, 

who can be reached by telephone at 

240–399–8729 and by email at klimsi@

blhtech.com. Interested persons should 

register at least the day before the 

meeting in which they wish to 

participate. 

Each public meeting is scheduled for 

one hour, but will end sooner if 

participants have finished providing 

input before the time period expires. 

The format for the meetings is 

intended to allow participants to 

provide input and to respond to the 

input provided by others. We especially 

request input from entities interested in 

creating partnerships. 

To help interested individuals 

prepare for the meetings, we invite 

review of the 2014 Omnibus 

Appropriations bill. The full text is set 

forth at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/

BILLS-113hr3547enr/pdf/BILLS113hr3547enr.pdf 

Written comments may be submitted 

at: EHS.CCPartnerships@acf.hhs.gov 

until Midnight February 7, 2014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

expansion of EHS-Child Care 

Partnerships is a key component in 

President Obama’s Early Learning Plan. 

These partnerships will extend the 

provision of high-quality early learning 

opportunities to more children from 

birth to age 3. Bolstering EHS-Child 

Care Partnerships promises to build a 

more seamless system for providing 

high-quality, full-day, full-year services 

to support children’s development and 

parents’ workforce needs. 

These public meetings will be 

primarily listening sessions for the 

Agency and potentially an opportunity 

for dialogue among participants. We 

believe that the input received at the 

public meetings will be most helpful in 

providing the Agency with background 

information and broadening awareness 

of relevant issues of potential 

partnerships between Early Head Start 

grantees to develop partnerships with 

local child care centers and family child 

care providers serving low-income 

infants and toddlers. We will not 

respond to presentations during the 

meetings and will not regard them as 

formal comments that must be 

addressed by the Agency. 

Dated: January 27, 2014. 

Linda K. Smith, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early 

Childhood Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2014–N–0001] 

Vaccines and Related Biological 

Products Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Meeting 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA). At least one portion of the 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

Name of Committee: Vaccines and 

Related Biological Products Advisory 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide advice and 

recommendations to the Agency on 

FDA’s regulatory issues. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be 

held on February 28, 2014, from 

approximately 8 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. 

Location: FDA White Oak Campus, 

10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 

Conference Center, the Great Room (rm. 

1503 B and C), Silver Spring, MD 

20993–0002. Information regarding 

special accommodations due to a 

disability, visitor parking, and 

transportation may be accessed at http:// 

www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/

default.htm; under the heading 

‘‘Resources for You,’’ click on ‘‘Public 

Meetings at the FDA White Oak 

Campus.’’ Please note that visitors to the 

White Oak Campus must enter through 

Building 1. 

For those unable to attend in person, 

the meeting will also be webcast. The 

link for the webcast is available at 

https://collaboration.fda.gov/vrbpac/ 

Contact Person: Prabhakara Atreya or 

Denise Royster, Center for Biologics 

Evaluation and Research (HFM–71), 

Food and Drug Administration, 1401 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 

301–827–0314, or FDA Advisory 

Committee Information Line, 1–800– 

741–8138 (301–443–0572 in the 

Washington, DC area). A notice in the 

Federal Register about last minute 

modifications that impact a previously 

announced advisory committee meeting 

cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Therefore, you should always check the 

Agency’s Web site at http://

www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/

default.htm and scroll down to the 

appropriate advisory committee meeting 

link, or call the advisory committee 

information line to learn about possible 

modifications before coming to the 

meeting. 

Agenda: On February 28, 2014, the 

committee will meet in open session to 

hear an overview of the research 

program in the Laboratory of 

Respiratory Viral Diseases, Division of 

Viral Products, Office of Vaccines 

Research and Review, Center for 

Biologics Evaluation and Research, 

FDA. The committee will then discuss 

and make recommendations on the 

selection of strains to be included in the 

influenza virus vaccine for the 2014 to 

2015 influenza season. 


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