Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 227 / Friday, November 24, 2000 / Rules and Regulations 70507

PART 61—HEALTHCARE INTEGRITY

AND PROTECTION DATA BANK FOR

FINAL ADVERSE INFORMATION ON

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,

SUPPLIERS AND PRACTITIONERS

1. The authority citation for part 61

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1320a–7e.

2. Section 61.3 is amended by

republishing the introductory text, and

by revising the definition for the term

Health plan to read as follows:

§ 61.3 Definitions.

The following definitions apply to

this part:

* * * * *

Health plan means a plan, program or

organization that provides health

benefits, whether directly, through

insurance, reimbursement or otherwise,

and includes but is not limited to—

(1) A policy of health insurance;

(2) A contract of a service benefit

organization;

(3) A membership agreement with a

health maintenance organization or

other prepaid health plan;

(4) A plan, program, agreement or

other mechanism established,

maintained or made available by a self

insured employer or group of self

insured employers, a practitioner,

provider or supplier group, third party

administrator, integrated health care

delivery system, employee welfare

association, public service group or

organization or professional association;

and

(5) An insurance company, insurance

service or insurance organization that is

licensed to engage in the business of

selling health care insurance in a State

and which is subject to State law which

regulates health insurance.

* * * * *

Dated: November 1, 2000.

William E. Clark,

Acting Director for Information Resource

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–29991 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4152–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

45 CFR Parts 160 and 162

[HCFA–0149–CN]

RIN 0938–AI58

Health Insurance Reform: Standards

for Electronic Transactions; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Correction of final rule.

SUMMARY: This document corrects

technical and typographical errors that

appeared in the final rule published in

the Federal Register on August 17,

2000, entitled ‘‘Health Insurance

Reform: Standards for Electronic

Transactions’’ (65 FR 50312). The final

rule adopted standards for eight

electronic transactions and for code sets

to be used in those transactions.

DATES: The effective date of this

correction notice is November 24, 2000.

The final rule adopted standards for

eight electronic transactions and for

code sets to be used in those

transactions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy

Glass, (410) 786–6125.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

August 17, 2000 final rule published at

65 FR 50312 (FR Doc. 00–20820)

contained technical and typographical

errors. Therefore, we are making the

following corrections:

1. On page 50312, in the middle

column, in the eighteenth and

nineteenth lines, ‘‘http://

www.access.gpo.gov/su-docs/aces/

aces140.html’’ is corrected to read

‘‘http://www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs/

aces/aces140.html.’’

2. On page 50324, in the first column,

in the twenty-ninth line, paragraph ‘‘6.

Proprietary coding systems’’ is corrected

to read, ‘‘b. Proprietary coding systems.’’

3. On page 50332, in the first column,

in the fourth line from the bottom, ‘‘276

comments’’ is corrected to read ‘‘267

comments.’’

4. On page 50338, in the first column,

in the twelfth line, ‘‘Title VII’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘Title VI.’’

5. On page 50358, in Table 4—Ten

Year Net Savings, the figure ‘‘0.1’’ for

Savings from Manual Transactions for

Health Plans in 2007 is corrected to read

‘‘0.0.’’

6. On page 50361, in the third

column, section ‘‘N. Transaction

Standards’’ is corrected as follows:

A. Paragraph N.1. is corrected to read

as follows:

‘‘Specific Impact of Adoption of the

NCPDP Telecommunication Standard

Implementation Guide, Version 5

Release 1 and Equivalent Batch

Standard Implementation Guide Version

1 Release 0 for the Health Care Claim

and Equivalent Encounter Information,

Eligibility for a Health Plan, Referral

Certification and Authorization, and

Coordination of Benefits Transactions.’’

B. In paragraph 1.a., in the sixth line,

the words ‘‘encounter is’’ are corrected

to read ‘‘encounter, eligibility, and

referral certification and authorization

are.’’

C. In paragraph 1.a., in the third

sentence, the word ‘‘claim’’ is removed.

D. In paragraph 1.b., in the last line

of the column, the word ‘‘claim’’ is

removed.

Authority: Secs. 1171 through 1179 of the

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d–1320d–

8), as added by sec. 262 of Public Law 104–

191, 110 Stat. 2021–2031, and sec. 264 of

Pub. L. 104–191, 110 Stat. 2033–2034 (42

U.S.C. 1320d–2 (note)).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.774, Medicare—

Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Brian P. Burns,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information

Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 00–29989 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

45 CFR Parts 1355, 1356 and 1357

[RIN 0970–AA97]

Title IV–E Foster Care Eligibility

Reviews and Child and Family

Services State Plan Reviews

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families (ACYF),

Administration for Children and

Families (ACHF), Department of Health

and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

regulatory text of the final rule on Title

IV–E Foster Care Eligibility Reviews and

Child and Family Services State Plan

Reviews published in the Federal

Register on January 25, 2000 (65 FR

4019–4093).

DATES: Effective November 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen McHugh, Children’s Bureau,

202–401–5789.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Correction

In the final rule, 45 CFR Part 1355

through 1357, beginning on page 4019

in the issue of January 25, 2000, make

the following correction. On page 4075

in the second column, instruction 2

currently says, ‘‘Section 1355.20 is

amended by revising the definition of

Foster care and by adding the following

definitions in alphabetical order to read

as follow:’’ It is corrected to read,

‘‘Section 1355.20 is amended by

revising the definitions of Foster care