[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR401.130]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
                             HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 401--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Confidentiality and Disclosure
 
Sec. 401.130  Materials available at social security district offices and branch offices.

    (a) Materials available for inspection. The following are available 
or will be made available for inspection at the social security district 
offices and branch offices:
    (1) Compilation of the Social Security Laws.
    (2) The Public Information Regulation of the Department of Health 
and Human Services (45 CFR part 5).
    (3) Medicare Program regulations issued by the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services. 42 CFR chapter IV .
    (4) CMS Rulings.
    (5) Social Security Handbook.
    (b) Materials available for inspection and copying. The following 
materials are available or will be made available for inspection and 
copying at the social security district offices and branch offices:
    (1) Claims Manual of the Social Security Administration.
    (2) Department Staff Manual on Organization, Department of Health 
and Human Services, Part F, CMS.
    (3) Parts 2 and 3 of the Part A

Intermediary Manual (Provider Services under Medicare CMS Pub. 13-2 and 
13-3).
    (4) Parts 2 and 3 of the Part B Intermediary Manual (Physician and 
Supplier Services).
    (5) Intermediary Letters Related to Parts 2 and 3 of the Part A and 
Part B Intermediary Manuals.
    (6) State Buy-In Handbook (State Enrollment of Eligible Individuals 
under the Supplementary Medical Insurance Program) and Letters.
    (7) Group Practice Prepayment Plan Manual (HIM-8) and Letters.
    (8) State Operations Manual (HIM-7).
    (9) CMS Letters to State Agencies on Medicare.
    (10) Skilled Nursing Facility Manual (CMS Pub. 12).
    (11) Hearing Officers Handbook (Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Program--HIM-21).
    (12) Hospital Manual (HIM-10).
    (13) Home Health Agency Manual (HIM-11).
    (14) Outpatient Physical Therapy Provider Manual (HIM-9).
    (15) Provider Reimbursement Manual (HIM-15).
    (16) Audit Program Manuals for Hospital (HIM-16), Home Health Agency 
(HIM-17), and Extended Care Facilities (HIM-18).
    (17) Statements of deficiencies based upon survey reports of health 
care institutions or facilities prepared after January 31, 1973, by a 
State agency, and such reports (including pertinent written statements 
furnished by such institution or facility on such statements of 
deficiencies), as set forth in Sec. 401.133(a). Except as otherwise 
provided for at Secs. 401.133 and 488.325 of this chapter for SNFs, such 
statements of deficiencies, reports, and pertinent written statements 
shall be available or made available only at the social security 
district office and regional office servicing the area in which the 
institution or facility is located, except that such statements of 
deficiencies and pertinent written statements shall also be available at 
the local public assistance offices servicing such area.
    (18) Indexes to the materials listed in paragraph (a) of this 
section and in this paragraph (b) and an index to the Bureau of Hearings 
and Appeals Handbook.

[46 FR 55696, Nov. 12, 1981, as amended at 59 FR 56232, Nov. 10, 1994]