Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-January Through March 2025

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES <SUBAGY>Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[CMS-9154-N]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances—January Through March 2025</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notice. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> This quarterly notice lists Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other <E T="04">Federal Register</E> notices that were published in the 3-month period, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs and other programs administered by CMS. </SUM> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> 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. <GPOTABLE COLS="3" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s200,r50,15"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Addenda</CHED> <CHED H="1">Contact</CHED> <CHED H="1">Phone No.</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">I. CMS Manual Instructions</ENT> <ENT>Ronda Allen-Bonner</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-4657</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01"> II. Regulation Documents Published in the <E T="02">Federal Register</E> </ENT> <ENT>Terri Plumb</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-4481</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">III. CMS Rulings</ENT> <ENT>Tiffany Lafferty</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-7548</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">IV. Medicare National Coverage Determinations</ENT> <ENT>Wanda Belle, MPA</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-7491</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">V. FDA-Approved Category B IDEs</ENT> <ENT>John Manlove</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-6877</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">VI. Collections of Information</ENT> <ENT>William Parham</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-4669</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">VII. Medicare—Approved Carotid Stent Facilities</ENT> <ENT>Sarah Fulton, MHS</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-2749</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">VIII. American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry Sites</ENT> <ENT>Sarah Fulton, MHS</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-2749</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">IX. Medicare's Active Coverage-Related Guidance Documents</ENT> <ENT>Lori Ashby, MA</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-6322</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">X. One-time Notices Regarding National Coverage Provisions</ENT> <ENT>JoAnna Baldwin, MS</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-7205</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">XI. National Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Registry Sites</ENT> <ENT>David Dolan, MBA</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-3365</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">XII. Medicare-Approved Ventricular Assist Device (Destination Therapy) Facilities</ENT> <ENT>David Dolan, MBA</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-3365</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">XIII. Medicare-Approved Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Facilities</ENT> <ENT>Sarah Fulton, MHS</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-2749</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">XIV. Medicare-Approved Bariatric Surgery Facilities</ENT> <ENT>Sarah Fulton, MHS</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-2749</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">XV. Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for Dementia Trials</ENT> <ENT>David Dolan, MBA</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-3365</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">All Other Information</ENT> <ENT>Renee Swann</ENT> <ENT>(410) 786-4492</ENT> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">I. Background</HD> 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 <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . <HD SOURCE="HD1">II. Format for the Quarterly Issuance Notices</HD> 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 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. <HD SOURCE="HD1">III. How To Use the Notice</HD> 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 <E T="03">http://www.cms.gov/manuals.</E> The Director of the Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs of CMS, Kathleen Cantwell, having reviewed and approved this document, authorizes Trenesha Fultz-Mimms, who is the Federal Register Liaison, to electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . <SIG> <NAME>Trenesha Fultz-Mimms,</NAME> Federal Register Liaison, Department of Health and Human Services. </SIG> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Publication Dates for the Previous Four Quarterly Notices</HD> <EXTRACT> We publish this notice at the end of each quarter reflecting information released by CMS during the previous quarter. The publication dates of the previous four Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances notices are: April 29, 2024 (89 FR 33356), July 22, 2024 (89 FR 59104), November 7, 2024 (89 FR 88282) and February 19, 2025 (90 FR 9902). We are providing only the specific updates that have occurred in the 3-month period along with a hyperlink to the website to access this information and a contact person for questions or additional information. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Addendum I: Medicare and Medicaid Manual Instructions (January Through March 2025)</HD> The CMS Manual System is used by CMS program components, partners, providers, contractors, Medicare Advantage organizations, and State Survey Agencies to administer CMS programs. It offers day-to-day operating instructions, policies, and procedures based on statutes and regulations, guidelines, models, and directives. In 2003, we transformed the CMS Program Manuals into a web user-friendly presentation and renamed it the CMS Online Manual System. <HD SOURCE="HD2">How To Obtain Manuals</HD> The Internet-only Manuals (IOMs) are a replica of the Agency's official record copy. Paper-based manuals are CMS manuals that were officially released in hardcopy. The majority of these manuals were transferred into the internet-only manual (IOM) or retired. Pub 15-1, Pub 15-2 and Pub 45 are exceptions to this rule and are still active paper-based manuals. The remaining paper-based manuals are for reference purposes only. If you notice policy contained in the paper-based manuals that was not transferred to the IOM, send a message via the CMS Feedback tool. Those wishing to subscribe to old versions of CMS manuals should contact the National Technical Information Service, Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312 Telephone (703-605-6050). You can download copies of the listed material free of charge at: <E T="03">http://cms.gov/manuals.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD2">How To Review Transmittals or Program Memoranda</HD> Those wishing to review transmittals and program memoranda can access this information at a local Federal Depository Library (FDL). 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