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GPO Access Resources by Topic: Health
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Frequently Requested
Information | Health & Safety Regulations
| Health & Safety Legislation
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Federal Health & Safety Resources
Frequently Requested Information
- 2005 Iterim Rule Affecting Medicare (Competitive Acquisition of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published an Interim Rule affecting 42 CFR Part 414, Medicare Program; Competitive Acquisition of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals Under part B in the July 5, 2005 issue of the Federal Register. The part of July 5th's Federal Register affecting the Medicare Program is available in text and PDF
format directly below.
- PART II: Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 42 CFR Part 414, Medicare Program; competitive Acquisition of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals Under part B; Interim Rule (100 pages)
TEXT (597 KB) | PDF (456 KB)
In addition, the Friday, July 5, 2005 issue of the Federal Register containing these Final Rules can also be found in the Federal Register on GPO Access by using
the browse feature.
- 2005 Final Rules Affecting Medicare Programs --
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published information concerning the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and the Medicare Advantage Programs in the January 28, 2005 issue of the Federal Register. The parts of January 28th's Federal Register affecting the Medicare Program are available in text and PDF
format directly below.
Department of Health and Human Services— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services:
- PART II: 42 CFR Parts 400, 403, 411, 417 and 423 Medicare Program; Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit; Final Rule TEXT (2.86 MB) | PDF (1.9 MB)
- Part III: 42 CFR Parts 417 and 422 Medicare Program; Establishment of the Medicare Advantage Program; Final Rule TEXT (1.1 MB)| PDF (1.1 MB)
In addition, the Friday, January 28, 2005 issue of the Federal Register containing these Final Rules can also be purchased through the U.S. Government Bookstore, and it can be found in the Federal Register on GPO Access by using
the browse feature.
- 2005 Relative Value Units (RVU) -- Also known as
Unique Physician Fee Schedule
RVUs are released once a year, usually during November. The latest RVUs
were released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on
November 15, 2004 and can be found in the Federal Register by either using
the browse
or search features. To search:
A. Go to the Federal Register advanced
search page.
B. Select Volume 69 (2004).
C. Check "Final Rules and Regulations".
C. Enter "physician fee schedule" (in quotes) in the search
box and hit SUBMIT.
The 2005 RVUs ( Physician fee schedule (2005 CY); Payment Policies and Relative Value Units
Adjustment (pages 66235–66915) ) are available in text or as a single PDF
file (29 MB). It has also been broken down into seven smaller PDF files for easier download:
- Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003 (Pub.L. 108-173): To amend title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug
coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the Medicare Program,
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to individuals
for amounts contributed to health savings security accounts and health
savings accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits
in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and for other
purposes. TEXT
| PDF
- The "Prosecutorial Remedies and
Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003’’
or ‘‘PROTECT Act" (Pub.L. 108-021): Signed
into law on April 30th, the PROTECT Act is designed to prevent child
abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes.
TEXT
| PDF
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Federal Health & Safety Regulations
Use the Federal Register (FR), Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR), and List
of Sections Affected (LSA) to locate new, proposed, and amended regulations
concerning health. You can also find, review, and submit comments on Federal
rules open for comment using Regulations.gov
or find out about developing or recently completed regulations using the
Unified Agenda.
The following is a list of executive branch agencies that issue regulations
related to health, and where they appear in the CFR.
- Department of Health and Human Services -- Title
5, XLV; Title
45, Subtitle A
- Office of Child Support Enforcement -- Title
45, III
- Administration for Children and Families -- Title
45, II, III, IV, X
- Office of Community Services -- Title
45, X
- Office of Family Assistance -- Title
45, II
- Federal Acquisition Regulation -- Title
48, 3
- Food and Drug Administration -- Title
21, I
- Health Care Financing Administration -- Title
42, IV
- Office of Human Development Services -- Title
45, XIII
- Indian Health Service -- Title
25, V
- Office of Inspector General (Health Care) -- Title
42, V
- Public Health Service -- Title
42, I
- Office of Refugee Resettlement -- Title
45, IV
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- Title
42, IV
- Health Care Financing Administration -- Title
42, IV
- Agriculture Department
- Food and Nutrition Service -- Title
7, II
- Food Safety and Inspection Service -- Title
9, III
- Inspector General
- Health and Human Services Department Title
42, V
- Labor Department
NOTE: This list of issuing agencies is based upon Appendix
C of the 2002-2003 U.S. Government Manual.
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Federal Health & Safety Legislation
Pending and approved legislation, debates on legislation, transcripts of
hearings, bill status, and research reports concerning health can be found
in the following GPO Access databases:
The following is a list of congressional committees related to health:
- House of Representatives > Ways
and Means
The Subcommittee on Health is responsible bills and matters referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means that relate to programs providing
payments (from any source) for health care, health delivery systems,
or health research. Also available from GPO Access is the Medicare
and Health Care Chartbook from the Ways and Means Committee.
- Senate > Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Four subcommittees (Subcommittee on Aging, Subcommittee on Children
and Families; Subcommittee on Employment; Safety, and Training; and
Subcommittee on Public Health) are responsible for bills and matters
that related such health related issues as: aging, biomedical research
and development, domestic activities of the American National Red Cross,
handicapped individuals, occupational safety and health, including the
welfare of miners, and public health.
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Purchase Federal Health & Safety Publications
View a collection of health related publications available for purchase
from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore
in the following topics:
Sign-up to receive an e-mail notification when new health publications
are available for sale from various Federal agencies through the New
Titles By Topic E-mail Alert Service.
Additional Federal Health & Safety Resources
Locate information throughout the Federal Government. These resources link
to information that may not be part of GPO Access or its partner
sites.
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