[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20804-20805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9206]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part F of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations 
of Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), (Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 
85, pp. 24121-24122 dated May 2, 1997 and Federal Register, Vol. 67, 
No. 17, p. 3721 dated January 25, 2002) is amended to reflect changes 
to the Office of Strategic Planning (OSP), Office of Communications and 
Operations Support (OCOS), and the Office of Information Services 
(OIS). Specifically, OSP is retitled as the Office of Research, 
Demonstration, and Information and the Division of Freedom of 
Information (DFI) is realigned from OIS to OCOS. The transfer of DFI 
will consolidate responsibility for coordination and oversight of all 
public inquiry functions within OCOS.
    The specific amendments to part F are described below:
     Section F.10. (Organization) is amended to read as 
follows:

1. Public Affairs Office (FAC)
2. Center for Beneficiary Choices (FAE)
3. Office of Legislation (FAF)
4. Center for Medicare Management (FAH)
5. Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (FAJ)
6. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Information (FAK)
7. Office of Communications and Operations Support (FAL)
8. Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (FAM)
9. Office of the Actuary (FAN)
10. Center for Medicaid and State Operations (FAS)
11. Northeastern Consortium (FAU)
12. Southern Consortium (FAV)
13. Midwestern Consortium (FAW)
14. Western Consortium (FAX)
15. Office of Internal Customer Support (FBA)
16. Office of Information Services (FBB)
17. Office of Financial Management (FBC)

     Section F.20. (Functions) is amended by deleting the 
functional statements in their entirety for the Office of 
Communications and Operations Support and the Office of Information 
Services. The new functional statements read as follows:

7. Office of Communications and Operations Support (FAL)

     Serves a neutral broker coordination role, including 
scheduling meetings and briefings for the Administrator and 
coordinating communications between and among central and regional 
offices, in order to ensure that emerging issues are identified early, 
all concerned components are directly and fully involved in policy 
development/decision making, and that all points of view are presented.
     Coordinates and monitors assigned Agency initiatives which 
are generally tactical, short-term, and cross-component in nature 
(e.g., legislative implementation).
     Provides operational and analytical support to the Senior 
Leadership.
     Manages speaking and meeting requests for or on behalf of 
the Administrator and Deputy Administrator and researches and writes 
speeches.
     Coordinates agency-wide communication policies for 
correspondence, manuals, regulations, and responses to audits.
     Coordinates the preparation of manuals and other policy 
instructions to insure accurate and consistent implementation of the 
Agency's programs.
     Manages the Agency's system for developing, clearing and 
tracking regulations, setting regulation priorities and corresponding 
work agendas; coordinates the review of regulations received for 
concurrence from departmental and other government agencies and 
develops routine and special reports on the Agency's regulatory 
activities.
     Manages the agency-wide clearance system to insure 
appropriate involvement from Agency components and serves as a primary 
focal point for liaison with the Executive Secretariat in the Office of 
the Secretary.
     Operates the agency-wide correspondence tracking and 
control system and provides guidance and technical assistance on 
standards for content of correspondence and memoranda.
     Provides management and administrative support to the 
Office of the Attorney Advisor and staff.
     Acts as audit liaison with the General Accounting Office 
(GAO) and the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG).
     Develops and maintains agency-wide executive management 
information reporting and tracking systems (including the Management

[[Page 20805]]

Reform Initiative and Reports to Congress) significant item reports, 
legislative (Balanced Budget Act) implementation, and management 
information reports for the Office of the Administrator.
     Acts as the Committee Management Official for CMS under 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
     Develops standard processes for all CMS FACA committees 
and provides operational and logistical support to CMS components for 
conferences and on all matters relating to Federal Advisory Committees.
     Conducts activities necessary to the receipt, management, 
response, and reporting requirements of the Department under the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding all requests received by 
CMS.
     Maintains a log of all FOIA requests received by the 
central office, refers requests to the appropriate components within 
headquarters, the regions or among carriers and intermediaries for the 
collection of the documents requested. Makes recommendations and 
prepares replies to requesters, including denials of information as 
permitted under FOIA, and drafts briefing materials and responses in 
connection with appeals of denial decisions.
     Directs the maintaining and amending of CMS-wide records 
for confidentiality and disclosure to the Privacy Act to include: 
planning, organizing, initiating and controlling privacy matching 
assignments.

10. Office of Information Services (FBB)

     Serves as the focal point for the responsibilities of the 
Agency's Chief Information Officer in planning, organizing, and 
coordinating the activities required to maintain an agency-wide 
Information Resources Management (IRM) program.
     Ensures the effective management of the Agency's 
information technology, and information systems and resources (e.g., 
implementation and administration of a change management process).
     Provides workstation, server, and local area network 
support for CMS-wide activities. Works with customer components to 
develop requirements, needs and cost benefit analysis in support of the 
LAN infrastructure including hardware, software and office automation 
services.
     Serves as the lead for developing and enforcing the 
Agency's information architecture, policies, standards, and practices 
in all areas of information technology.
     Develops and maintains enterprise-wide central databases, 
statistical files, and general access paths, ensuring the quality of 
information maintained in these data sources.
     Directs Medicare claims payment systems activities, 
including CWF operation, as well as systems conversion activities.
     Develops ADP standards and policies for use by internal 
CMS staff and contractor agents in such areas as applications 
development and use of the infrastructure resources.
     Manages and directs the operation of CMS hardware 
infrastructure, including the Agency's Data Center, data communications 
networks, enterprise infrastructure, voice/data switch, audio 
conferencing and other data centers supporting CMS programs.
     Leads the coordination, development, implementation and 
maintenance of health care information standards in the health care 
industry.
     Provides Medicare and Medicaid information to the public, 
within the parameters imposed by the Privacy Act.
     Performs information collection analyses as necessary to 
satisfy the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
     Directs CMS's ADP systems security program with respect to 
data, hardware, and software.
     Directs and advises the Administrator, senior staff, and 
components on the requirements, policies, and administration of the 
Privacy Act.

    Dated: March 27, 2002.
Thomas A. Scully,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 02-9206 Filed 4-25-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4120-01-P