Medicare program; criteria and standards for evaluating intermediary and carrier performance: millennium compliance--HCFA. General notice with comment period

This notice revises the criteria and standards to be used for evaluating the performance of fiscal intermediaries and carriers in the administration of the Medicare program. This revision establishes a performance standard requiring these contractors to meet requirements for millennium compliance. We require contractors to certify that they have made all necessary system(s) changes and have tested those systems in accordance with HCFA guidelines.