Federal register
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These regulations would expand Medicare coverage of services furnished by optometrists to include examination services related to the condition of aphakia (absence of the natural lens of the eye). Under our current regulations, Medicare coverage of optometric services is limited to dispensing services in connection with the actual fitting and provision of prosthetic lenses. The regulations are necessary to conform our existing Medicare regulations to a statutory change made by section 937 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the regulations for delegations of authority regarding approval of new drug applications (NDA's) by redelegating to the Directors of Divisions conducting new drug evaluations authority to approve an additional class of NDA's to expedite the approval process. Published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register is a notice reorganizing the Bureau of Drugs and Bureau of Biologics into the National Center for Drugs and Biologics. This document also updates organizational references in accordance with the reorganization.