97-25344. Medicare Program; Medicare Appeals of Individual Claims; Correction

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 49937-49938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25344]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Part 473

[BPD-453-CN]
Rin 0938-AG18


Medicare Program; Medicare Appeals of Individual Claims; 
Correction

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Correction to final regulation.

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SUMMARY: In the May 12, 1997 issue of the Federal Register, we 
published a regulation titled, ``Medicare Appeals of Individual Claims, 
BPD-453-FC.'' That final rule concerned individual claims appeals under 
part A and part B. We made an error in that regulation and this 
document corrects that error.


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EFFECTIVE DATES: This correction is effective June 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morton Marcus, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 12, 1997 (62 FR 25844) we published a final rule with 
comment period that expanded our regulations to recognize the right of 
Medicare Part B appellants to a hearing before an administrative law 
judge (ALJ) for claims if at least $500 remains in dispute and the 
right to judicial review of an adverse ALJ decision if at least $1,000 
remains in controversy. That rule also codified limitations on the 
review by ALJs and the courts of certain national coverage 
determinations and the statutory authority for an expedite appeals 
process under part A and part B. Finally, we made a number of technical 
conforming amendments.

Need for Correction

    On page 25855, in the second and third columns we provided a number 
of technical amendments. Amendment number 8, beginning at the bottom of 
column 2, was intended to correct wording in Sec. 473.38 which concerns 
Peer Review Organization reconsidered decisions. Amendment 8(b) 
incorrectly calls for deletions of a phrase from paragraph (a) of 
Sec. 473.38, whereas the phrase actually occurs in the undesignated 
introductory material of that section. Accordingly, we are making the 
following correction to document 97-12263 appearing in the Federal 
Register of May 12, 1997.


Sec. 473.38  [Corrected]

    On page 25855 the first two lines of column 3 are corrected to read 
as follows:
    ``(b) In the undesignated introductory material, the words `final 
and' are removed.''
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.778, Medical 
Assistance Program; No. 93.773 Medicare--Hospital Insurance Program; 
and No. 93.774, Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

    Dated: September 18, 1997.
Neil J. Stillman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 97-25344 Filed 9-23-97; 8:45 am]
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