[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 49491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20304]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-5058-N2]


Medicare Program; Section 3113: The Treatment of Certain Complex 
Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Demonstration; Extension of the Deadline 
for Submission of Supporting Information

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the deadline for submission of 
supporting information.

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SUMMARY: This notice extends the deadline for submitting supporting 
information to request a temporary code under the Treatment of Certain 
Complex Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Demonstration. The deadline for 
submitting supporting information to request a temporary code under the 
Demonstration, which ended on August 1, 2011, has been extended to 
September 6, 2011.

DATES: Supporting information to request a temporary code under the 
Demonstration is due to CMS on or before September 6, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Supporting information should be mailed to the following 
address: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Attention: Linda R. 
Lebovic, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop: C4-14-15, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850.
    Please refer to file code [CMS-5058-N] on all supporting 
information for a temporary G-code under the Demonstration. Because of 
staffing and resource limitations, we cannot accept proposals by 
facsimile (Fax) transmission. Hard copies and electronic copies must be 
identical.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda R. Lebovic at (410) 786-3402 or 
by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 2011, we published a notice in 
the Federal Register (76 FR 39110 through 39111) to inform interested 
parties of an opportunity to participate in the Treatment of Certain 
Complex Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Demonstration. The Demonstration is 
mandated by section 3113 of the Affordable Care Act. The notice also 
serves to notify interested parties that they must obtain a temporary 
code from CMS for tests currently billed using a ``not otherwise 
classified (NOC)'' code but that would otherwise meet the criteria set 
forth in section 3113 for being a complex diagnostic laboratory test 
under the Demonstration.
    Following the publication of the July 5, 2011 notice, CMS received 
requests from the public to extend the deadline beyond August 1, 2011. 
We believe we can accommodate the public's request to extend the 
deadline for submitting the supporting information needed to request a 
Temporary Demonstration G-code and still begin payment under the 
Demonstration beginning January 1, 2012 as planned. We have decided to 
extend the deadline for submitting supporting information to September 
6, 2011.

    (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773, 
Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

    Dated: August 4, 2011.
Donald M. Berwick,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-20304 Filed 8-5-11; 4:15 pm]
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