HHS FOIA Regulations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Confidentiality and Disclosure Regulations which include FOIA are found at 42 C.F.R. 401.et. seq. {www.access.gpo.gov} These regulations are currently being revised. CMS is bound by the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) FOIA regulations at 45 C.F.R. Part 5. {www.hhs.gov/foia/45cfr5.html}
CMS' MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION GUIDELINES, Federal Register Notice, Vol. 55, No 2401, dated Thursday, December 13, 1990.
The Federal Register Notice clarifies CMS' guidelines concerning expedited processing of a FOIA request. For a copy of this Federal Register Notice, contact the FIG Secretary, or a Federal Depository Library.
Last Modified on Thursday, September 16, 2004
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