attorney adjudicator
(a) General rule. The issues before the ALJ or attorney adjudicator include all the issues for the claims or appealed matter specified in the request for hearing that were brought out in the initial determination, redetermination, or reconsideration that were not decided entirely in a party's favor. (For purposes of this provision, the term party does not include a representative of CMS or one of its contractors that may be participating in the hearing.)