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HHS/CMS RIN: 0938-AH15 Publication ID: Spring 1998 
Title: Adjustment in Payment Amounts for New Technology Intraocular Lenses (HCFA-3831-F) 
Abstract: This rule establishes a process under which interested parties could request, with respect to a class of new technology intraocular lenses (IOLs), a review of the appropriateness of the current payment amount for IOLs furnished by Medicare-participating ambulatory surgical centers. This rule is part of HCFA's regulatory reform initiative. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 42 CFR 416   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1395k(a)(2)    42 USC 1395l   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory    10/31/1995 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/04/1997  62 FR 46698   
Final Action  04/00/1998    
Additional Information: HCFA-3831-F
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Claude Mone
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
C5-04-24, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone:410 786-5666