[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14223-14224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6501]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
42 CFR Part 410
[BPD-724-F]
RIN 0938-AF26
Medicare Program; Medicare Coverage of Screening Mammography;
Correction
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects a technical error that appeared in the
final regulations published in the Federal Register on September 30,
1994 (59 FR 49826). Those regulations, in part, established conditions
for coverage of diagnostic mammography that are similar to those we had
established for screening mammography. This correcting amendment
restates the applicability of diagnostic mammography to men as well as
to women.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Larson, (410) 966-4639.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects a technical error
that appeared in the final regulations published in Federal Register
Document [94-24335] on September 30, 1994 (59 FR 49826). Those
regulations, in part, established conditions for coverage of diagnostic
mammography that are similar to those we had established for screening
mammography.
The regulation set forth at 42 CFR 410.34 (``Mammography services:
Conditions for and limitations on coverage'') contains an omission,
which may prove to be misleading. In the definition of ``diagnostic
mammography'' in paragraph (a)(1) of Sec. 410.34, we inadvertently
failed to include a symptomatic man in the coverage of services under
the diagnostic mammography benefit. This correcting amendment restates
the applicability of diagnostic mammography to men as well as to women.
Therefore, we are correcting Sec. 410.34(a)(1) to clarify that a
symptomatic man or woman can receive coverage of services under the
diagnostic mammography benefit.
We wish to note that section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act
states explicitly that ``screening'' mammography is covered only for
women. Section 410.34(a)(2), relating to the definition of screening
mammography, is correct as it reads, based on current law.
List of Subjects in 42 CFR Part 410
Health facilities, Health professions, Kidney diseases,
Laboratories, Medicare, Rural areas, X-rays.
Accordingly, 42 CFR part 410 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 410--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 410 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: Secs. 1102 and 1871 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh).
2. In Sec. 410.34, the introductory text of paragraph (a) is
republished, and paragraph (a)(1) is revised to read as follows:
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Sec. 410.34 Mammography services: Conditions for and limitations on
coverage.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following definitions
apply:
(1) Diagnostic mammography means a radiologic procedure furnished
to a symptomatic man or woman for the purpose of detecting breast
disease and includes a physician's interpretation of the results of the
procedure.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.774,
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance)
Dated: March 7, 1995.
Neil J. Stillman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 95-6501 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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