[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68253-68270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-9087-N]


Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program 
Issuances--July Through September 2014

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 July through September 2014, 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  Terri Plumb.......     (410) 786-4481
 in the Federal Register.
III CMS Rulings..................  Tiffany Lafferty..     (410) 786-7548
IV Medicare National Coverage      Wanda Belle.......     (410) 786-7491
 Determinations.
V FDA-Approved Category B IDEs...  John Manlove......     (410) 786-6877
VI Collections of Information....  Mitch Bryman......     (410) 786-5258
VII Medicare-Approved Carotid      Lori Ashby........     (410) 786-6322
 Stent Facilities.
VIII American College of           Marie Casey, BSN,      (410) 786-7861
 Cardiology-National                MPH.
 Cardiovascular Data Registry
 Sites.
IX Medicare's Active Coverage-     JoAnna Baldwin....     (410) 786-7205
 Related Guidance Documents.
X One-time Notices Regarding       JoAnna Baldwin....     (410) 786-7205
 National Coverage Provisions.
XI National Oncologic Positron     Stuart Caplan, RN,     (410) 786-8564
 Emission Tomography Registry       MAS.
 Sites.
XII Medicare-Approved Ventricular  Marie Casey, BSN,      (410) 786-7861
 Assist Device (Destination         MPH.
 Therapy) Facilities.
XIII Medicare-Approved Lung        Marie Casey, BSN,      (410) 786-7861
 Volume Reduction Surgery           MPH.
 Facilities.
XIV Medicare-Approved Bariatric    Jamie Hermansen...     (410) 786-2064
 Surgery Facilities.
XV Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron     Stuart Caplan, RN,     (410) 786-8564
 Emission Tomography for Dementia   MAS.
 Trials.
All Other Information............  Annette Brewer....     (410) 786-6580
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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 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 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.

    Dated: November 7, 2014.
Kathleen Cantwell,
Director, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
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