[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45986-45999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17602]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-9131-N]


Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program 
Issuances--April Through June 2021

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This quarterly notice lists CMS manual instructions, 
substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register 
notices that were published from April through June 2021, 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.

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                  Addenda                                         Contact                          Phone No.
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I CMS Manual Instructions..................  Ismael Torres...................................     (410) 786-1864
II Regulation Documents Published in the     Terri Plumb.....................................     (410) 786-4481
 Federal Register.
III CMS Rulings............................  Tiffany Lafferty................................     (410) 786-7548
IV Medicare National Coverage                Wanda Belle, MPA................................     (410) 786-7491
 Determinations.
V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs.............  John Manlove....................................     (410) 786-6877
VI Collections of Information..............  William Parham..................................     (410) 786-4669
VII Medicare-Approved Carotid Stent          Sarah Fulton, MHS...............................     (410) 786-2749
 Facilities.
VIII American College of Cardiology-         Sarah Fulton, MHS...............................     (410) 786-2749
 National Cardiovascular Data Registry
 Sites.
IX Medicare's Active Coverage-Related        JoAnna Baldwin, MS..............................     (410) 786-7205
 Guidance Documents.
X One-time Notices Regarding National        JoAnna Baldwin, MS..............................     (410) 786-7205
 Coverage Provisions.
XI National Oncologic Positron Emission      David Dolan, MBA................................     (410) 786-3365
 Tomography Registry Sites.
XII Medicare-Approved Ventricular Assist     David Dolan, MBA................................     (410) 786-3365
 Device (Destination Therapy) Facilities.
XIII Medicare-Approved Lung Volume           Sarah Fulton, MHS...............................     (410) 786-2749
 Reduction Surgery Facilities.
XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric Surgery      Sarah Fulton, MHS...............................     (410) 786-2749
 Facilities.
XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission      David Dolan, MBA................................     (410) 786-3365
 Tomography for Dementia Trials.
All Other Information......................  Annette Brewer..................................     (410) 786-6580
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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. Format for the Quarterly Issuance Notices

    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 website or the appropriate data 
registries that are used as our resources. This is the most current up-
to-date information and will be available earlier than we publish our 
quarterly notice. We believe the website list provides more timely 
access for beneficiaries, providers, and suppliers. We also believe the 
website offers a

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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 websites have 
listservs; that is, the public can subscribe and receive immediate 
notification of any updates to the website. These listservs avoid the 
need to check the website, as notification of updates is automatic and 
sent to the subscriber as they occur. If assessing a website 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.
    The Director of the Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 
Affairs of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Kathleen 
Cantwell, having reviewed and approved this document, authorizes 
Lynette Willson, who is the Federal Register Liaison, to electronically 
sign this document for purposes of publication in the Federal Register.

    Dated: August 11, 2021.
Lynette Wilson,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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