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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration

 

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority; Reorganization of the Medicaid Bureau

    Part F of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations 
of Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services, Health 
Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 
60, pp. 14629 and 14633, dated March 29, 1994, is amended to reflect a 
reorganization within the Medicaid Bureau. The Medicaid Bureau's 
Medicaid Special Program Initiatives Staff (MSPIS) is abolished and 
replaced with a new Office of Planning and Special Initiatives (OPSI). 
OPSI will assume the duties previously performed in MSPIS to serve as 
the focal point for all HCFA Medicaid activities in the area of 
maternal and infant health care, children preventive care services, and 
Acquired Immune Deficiency-infected recipients. In addition, OPSI will 
be responsible for coordinating and monitoring the Bureau's activities 
involving States' health reform initiatives.
    The specific amendments to Part F are described below:
    Section F.10., Health Care Financing Administration (Organization), 
paragraph A.5.b., Medicaid Special Program Initiatives Staff (FAB-2) is 
deleted and replaced by a new paragraph A.5.b., Office of Planning and 
Special Initiatives (FAB3).
    Section F.20., Health Care Financing Administration (Functions), 
paragraph A.5.b., Medicaid Special Program Initiatives Staff (FAB-2) is 
deleted and replaced by the following new paragraph A.5.b., Office of 
Planning and Special Initiatives (FAB3).
    The new functional statement reads as follows:
    b. Office of Planning and Special Initiatives (FAB3)
     Promotes and supports States' development of Medicaid 
program transitions to health system reform.
     Represents the Medicaid Bureau in coordinating activities 
related to the impact on the Medicaid program of State-initiated 
interim health system reforms accomplished through Statewide Section 
1115 projects.
     Serves as clearinghouse for information on the nature, 
scope, and status of State Medicaid initiatives.
     Identifies States' needs and coordinates initiatives for 
technical assistance, information exchange, and capacity building to 
further States' progress toward program improvements and reforms.
     Develops multi-faceted initiatives focused on priority 
program areas and the special needs of subpopulations of Medicaid 
beneficiaries.
     Collaborates with federal and State agencies and private 
organizations to improve health services for Medicaid beneficiaries.
     Supports management of Medicaid strategic planning through 
analysis of data, trends and external forces, assessment of program 
activities in light of planned objectives, and coordination of Medicaid 
planning activities with other agencies and organizations.
     Serves as the Medicaid Bureau focal point for data 
applications relevant to Medicaid program interests and populations.

    Dated: June 28, 1994.
Bruce C. Vladeck,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-16821 Filed 7-11-94; 8:45 am]
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