[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 397-398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31206]


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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), (last amended at Federal 
Register, Vol. 76, No. 75, pp. 21908-21909, dated April 19, 2011, and 
Vol. 77, No. 140, p. 42740, dated July 20, 2012) is amended to reflect 
the abolishment of the Office of Public Engagement (OPE). The Offices 
of Hearings and Inquiries (OHI) was established and reports directly to 
the Chief Operating Officer (COO).
    CMS modified its structure to: (1) Conduct Marketplace eligibility 
appeals; (2) assist Medicare beneficiaries with complaints, inquiries, 
and grievances, and to gather the information necessary to file 
Medicare appeals; and (3) conduct administrative hearings for 
institutional appeals which fall under the jurisdiction of the Provider 
Reimbursement Review Board, the Medicare Geographic Classification 
Review Board, and the CMS Hearings Officers.
    The functions in OPE include the Medicare Ombudsman, tribal 
affairs, and emergency preparedness and continuity of operations. The 
Medicare Ombudsman was moved to OHI, tribal affairs was moved to the 
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), and emergency 
preparedness and continuity of operations was moved to the Consortium 
for Quality Improvement and Survey & Certification Operations (CQISCO). 
In addition, the Office of Marketplace Eligibility Appeals was 
established in OHI, and the Office of Hearings was moved from the 
Office of Operations Management (OOM) to OHI.
    Part F., Section FC. 10 (Organization) is revised as follows:

Office of the Administrator (FC)
Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (FCA)
Office of Legislation (FCC)
Office of the Actuary (FCE)
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs (FCF)
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (FCG)
Center for Medicare (FCH)
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (FCJ)
Center for Strategic Planning (FCK)
Center for Program Integrity (FCL)
Chief Operating Officer (FCM)
Office of Minority Health (FCN)
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (FCP)
Federal Coordinated Health Care Office (FCQ)
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (FCR)
Office of Communications (FCT)

Delegations of Authority

    All delegations and re-delegations of authority made to officials 
and employees of affected organizational

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components will continue in them or their successor organization 
pending further re-delegation, provided they are consistent with the 
movement of functions.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3101.

    Dated: December 24, 2013.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-31206 Filed 1-2-14; 8:45 am]
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