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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–4089–N2]
Medicare Program; Meeting of the
Advisory Panel on Medicare
Education—March 22, 2005: Location
Change
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting and meeting
location change.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. Appendix 2, section 10(a) (Pub.
L. 92–463), this notice announces a
meeting of the Advisory Panel on
Medicare Education (the Panel) on
March 22, 2005. The Panel advises and
makes recommendations to the
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services on
opportunities to enhance the
effectiveness of consumer education
strategies concerning the Medicare
program. This notice replaces the
meeting notice published on February
25, 2005 (70 FR 9362) due to a change
in the meeting location.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for
March 22, 2005 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
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Deadline for Presentations and
Comments: March 15, 2005, 12 noon,
e.s.t.
ADDRESSES: The meeting location
originally published in the February 25,
2005 notice has changed. The new
meeting location is the Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, Room 800, 200
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20201. Persons
planning to attend must follow the
security procedures listed below in the
‘‘Meeting Attendance’’ section of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynne Johnson, Health Insurance
Specialist, Division of Partnership
Development, Center for Beneficiary
Choices, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Mail stop S2–23–05,
Baltimore, MD 21244–1850, (410) 786–
0090. Please refer to the CMS Advisory
Committees’ Information Line (1–877–
449–5659 toll free)/(410–786–9379
local) or the Internet (https://
www.cms.hhs.gov/faca/apme/
default.asp) for additional information
and updates on committee activities, or
contact Ms. Johnson via e-mail at
ljohnson3@cms.hhs.gov. Press inquiries
are handled through the CMS Press
Office at (202) 690–6145.
Meeting Attendance: The meeting is
open to the public; however, attendance
is limited to space available. Attendance
will be determined on a first-come, firstserved basis. Persons wishing to attend
this meeting, which is located on
Federal property, must call or e-mail
Ms. Johnson to register in advance no
later than 5 p.m. (e.s.t.), Friday, March
18, 2005.
The following information must be emailed or telephoned to Ms. Johnson by
the date and time above:
• Name(s) of attendee(s);
• Title(s);
• Organization;
• E-mail address(es); and
• Telephone number(s).
Persons attending the meeting must
present photographic identification to
the Federal Protective Service or Guard
Service personnel before they will be
allowed to enter the building.
Individuals who are not registered in
advance will not be permitted to enter
the building and will be unable to
attend the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
222 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 217a), as amended, grants to the
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services (the Secretary) the
authority to establish an advisory panel
if the Secretary finds the panel
necessary and in the public interest. The
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Secretary signed the charter establishing
this Panel on January 21, 1999 (64 FR
7849) and approved the renewal of the
charter on January 14, 2005. The Panel
advises and makes recommendations to
the Secretary and the Administrator of
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) on opportunities to
enhance the effectiveness of consumer
education strategies concerning the
Medicare program.
The goals of the Panel are as follows:
• To develop and implement a
national Medicare education program
that describes the options for selecting
a health plan under Medicare.
• To enhance the Federal
government’s effectiveness in informing
the Medicare consumer, including the
appropriate use of public-private
partnerships.
• To expand outreach to vulnerable
and underserved communities,
including racial and ethnic minorities,
in the context of a national Medicare
education program.
• To assemble an information base of
best practices for helping consumers
evaluate health plan options and build
a community infrastructure for
information, counseling, and assistance.
The current members of the Panel are:
Dr. Drew E. Altman, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation; James L. Bildner,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
New Horizons Partners, LLC; Dr. Jane
Delgado, Chief Executive Officer,
National Alliance For Hispanic Health;
Clayton Fong, President and Chief
Executive Officer, National Asian
Pacific Center on Aging; Thomas Hall,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Cardio-Kinetics, Inc.; The Honorable
Bobby Jindal, United States Congress;
David Knutson, Director, Health System
Studies, Park Nicollet Institute for
Research and Education; Donald J. Lott,
Executive Director, Indian Family
Health Clinic; Dr. Frank I. Luntz,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Luntz Research Companies; Katherine
Metzger, Director, Medicare and
Medicaid Programs, Fallon Community
Health Plan; David Null, Financial
Advisor, Merrill Lynch; Dr. Marlon
Priest, Professor of Emergency
Medicine, University of Alabama at
Birmingham; Susan O. Raetzman,
Associate Director, Public Policy
Institute, AARP, and Catherine Valenti,
Chairperson and Chief Executive
Officer, Caring Voice Coalition.
The agenda for the March 22, 2005
meeting will include the following:
• Recap of the previous (November
30, 2004) meeting.
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services update.
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• Medicare Modernization Act:
Outreach and education strategies.
• Public comment.
• Listening session with CMS
leadership.
• Next steps.
Individuals or organizations that wish
to make a 5-minute oral presentation on
an agenda topic should submit a written
copy of the oral presentation to Lynne
Johnson, Health Insurance Specialist,
Division of Partnership Development,
Center for Beneficiary Choices, Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500
Security Boulevard, Mail stop S2–23–
05, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850 or by email at ljohnson3@cms.hhs.gov no later
than 12 noon, e.s.t., March 15, 2005.
The number of oral presentations may
be limited by the time available.
Individuals not wishing to make a
presentation may submit written
comments to Ms. Johnson by 12 noon,
e.s.t., March 15, 2005. The meeting is
open to the public, but attendance is
limited to the space available.
Special Accommodation: Individuals
requiring sign language interpretation or
other special accommodations should
contact Ms. Johnson at least 15 days
before the meeting.
Authority: Sec. 222 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a) and sec. 10(a)
of Pub. L. 92–463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 10(a)
and 41 CFR 102–3).
Dated: March 1, 2005.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request Proposed
Projects
Title: Evaluation of the Improving
Child Welfare Outcome through
Systems of Care Grant Program.
OMB No. New Collection
Description: The 1994 Amendments
to the Social Security Act (SSA)
authorize the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services to review State
child and family service programs to
ensure conformance with the
requirements in titles IV–B and IV–E of
SSA. Under the final Rule, which took
effect March 25, 2000, States are
assessed for substantial conformity with
certain Federal requirements for childwelfare services. The Child and Family
Service Reviews (CFSR), administered
by the Children’s Bureau, are designed
to ensure conformity with Federal childwelfare requirements and, ultimately, to
help States improve child-welfare
services and outcomes, specifically
safety, permanency and well-being
outcomes for child-welfare-involved
children and their families. States
determined not to have achieved
substantial conformity in any of the
areas assessed are required to develop
and implement Program Improvement
Plans (PIP) addressing the areas of
nonconformity.
The Systems of Care grant cluster,
from which these data are proposed to
be collected, is designed to encourage
public child-welfare agencies to address
the issues identified in their State’s
CFSR. Although Systems of Care has
shown promise in working with various
at-risk and family populations, it has
not been applied to a child-welfare
target population. The data collected
from these demonstration sites will
allow the Children’s Bureau to test
whether this approach can help States
reach the goals stated in their PIP and
explore how child-welfare can benefit
from being part of a system of care. Data
will be collected via interviews, forms
completed by project staff, surveys,
focus groups and case-file reviews. Data
also will be collected to determine the
extent to which the Technical
Assistance (A) provided, brokered or
contracted by the TA and Evaluation
Center is meeting the needs of the
grantees, and how.
Respondents: Systems of Care Project
Directors (members of the Systems of
Care collaborative may include
representatives from mental health,
juvenile justice, education, health,
among others); child-welfare agency
supervisors and caseworkers; partner
agency caseworkers, and families who
have been involved with the childwelfare system.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Average
burden hours
per response
(minutes)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total burden
hours
Stakeholder Survey ....................................................................................
Child-Welfare Agency Survey .....................................................................
Supervisor Interviews .................................................................................
Interviews with family members ..................................................................
Stakeholder Interviews ...............................................................................
Project Director Interviews ..........................................................................
Child-Welfare agency and Partner agency focus groups ...........................
Community Description Form .....................................................................
Organizational Structure Form ....................................................................
Collaborative Membership Form .................................................................
Major Activities Form ..................................................................................
Policy Changes Form .................................................................................
Other Training and Technical Assistance Form .........................................
Training and Technical Assistance Participant Feedback Forms ..............
Technical Assistance Follow-up Survey .....................................................
240
1440
140
140
140
30
700
20
20
20
20
20
20
1080
518
51 items ............
72 items ............
5 questions .......
5 questions .......
5 questions .......
21 questions .....
6 questions .......
14 items ............
7 items ..............
7 items ..............
7 items ..............
7 items ..............
4 items ..............
37 items ............
15 .....................
.29
.29
5
5
5
14
6
2
4
2
6
6
5
.56
.29
59
501
58
58
58
42
420
9
9
5
14
14
7
373
38
Total estimated total annual burden hours ..........................................
........................
...........................
..........................
1,665
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hour for entire interview.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-4089-N2]
Medicare Program; Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Medicare
Education--March 22, 2005: Location Change
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting and meeting location change.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. Appendix 2, section 10(a) (Pub. L. 92-463), this notice
announces a meeting of the Advisory Panel on Medicare Education (the
Panel) on March 22, 2005. The Panel advises and makes recommendations
to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on
opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of consumer education
strategies concerning the Medicare program. This notice replaces the
meeting notice published on February 25, 2005 (70 FR 9362) due to a
change in the meeting location.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for March 22, 2005 from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., e.s.t.
Deadline for Presentations and Comments: March 15, 2005, 12 noon,
e.s.t.
ADDRESSES: The meeting location originally published in the February
25, 2005 notice has changed. The new meeting location is the Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20201. Persons planning to attend must follow the security
procedures listed below in the ``Meeting Attendance'' section of this
notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynne Johnson, Health Insurance
Specialist, Division of Partnership Development, Center for Beneficiary
Choices, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Mail stop S2-23-05, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, (410) 786-
0090. Please refer to the CMS Advisory Committees' Information Line (1-
877-449-5659 toll free)/(410-786-9379 local) or the Internet (https://
www.cms.hhs.gov/faca/apme/default.asp) for additional information and
updates on committee activities, or contact Ms. Johnson via e-mail at
ljohnson3@cms.hhs.gov. Press inquiries are handled through the CMS
Press Office at (202) 690-6145.
Meeting Attendance: The meeting is open to the public; however,
attendance is limited to space available. Attendance will be determined
on a first-come, first-served basis. Persons wishing to attend this
meeting, which is located on Federal property, must call or e-mail Ms.
Johnson to register in advance no later than 5 p.m. (e.s.t.), Friday,
March 18, 2005.
The following information must be e-mailed or telephoned to Ms.
Johnson by the date and time above:
Name(s) of attendee(s);
Title(s);
Organization;
E-mail address(es); and
Telephone number(s).
Persons attending the meeting must present photographic
identification to the Federal Protective Service or Guard Service
personnel before they will be allowed to enter the building.
Individuals who are not registered in advance will not be permitted to
enter the building and will be unable to attend the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 217a), as amended, grants to the Secretary of the Department
of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) the authority to establish
an advisory panel if the Secretary finds the panel necessary and in the
public interest. The Secretary signed the charter establishing this
Panel on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 7849) and approved the renewal of the
charter on January 14, 2005. The Panel advises and makes
recommendations to the Secretary and the Administrator of the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on opportunities to enhance the
effectiveness of consumer education strategies concerning the Medicare
program.
The goals of the Panel are as follows:
To develop and implement a national Medicare education
program that describes the options for selecting a health plan under
Medicare.
To enhance the Federal government's effectiveness in
informing the Medicare consumer, including the appropriate use of
public-private partnerships.
To expand outreach to vulnerable and underserved
communities, including racial and ethnic minorities, in the context of
a national Medicare education program.
To assemble an information base of best practices for
helping consumers evaluate health plan options and build a community
infrastructure for information, counseling, and assistance.
The current members of the Panel are: Dr. Drew E. Altman, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; James
L. Bildner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, New Horizons
Partners, LLC; Dr. Jane Delgado, Chief Executive Officer, National
Alliance For Hispanic Health; Clayton Fong, President and Chief
Executive Officer, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging; Thomas Hall,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cardio-Kinetics, Inc.; The
Honorable Bobby Jindal, United States Congress; David Knutson,
Director, Health System Studies, Park Nicollet Institute for Research
and Education; Donald J. Lott, Executive Director, Indian Family Health
Clinic; Dr. Frank I. Luntz, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Luntz Research Companies; Katherine Metzger, Director, Medicare and
Medicaid Programs, Fallon Community Health Plan; David Null, Financial
Advisor, Merrill Lynch; Dr. Marlon Priest, Professor of Emergency
Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Susan O. Raetzman,
Associate Director, Public Policy Institute, AARP, and Catherine
Valenti, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Caring Voice
Coalition.
The agenda for the March 22, 2005 meeting will include the
following:
Recap of the previous (November 30, 2004) meeting.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services update.
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Medicare Modernization Act: Outreach and education
strategies.
Public comment.
Listening session with CMS leadership.
Next steps.
Individuals or organizations that wish to make a 5-minute oral
presentation on an agenda topic should submit a written copy of the
oral presentation to Lynne Johnson, Health Insurance Specialist,
Division of Partnership Development, Center for Beneficiary Choices,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail
stop S2-23-05, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 or by e-mail at
ljohnson3@cms.hhs.gov no later than 12 noon, e.s.t., March 15, 2005.
The number of oral presentations may be limited by the time available.
Individuals not wishing to make a presentation may submit written
comments to Ms. Johnson by 12 noon, e.s.t., March 15, 2005. The meeting
is open to the public, but attendance is limited to the space
available.
Special Accommodation: Individuals requiring sign language
interpretation or other special accommodations should contact Ms.
Johnson at least 15 days before the meeting.
Authority: Sec. 222 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
217a) and sec. 10(a) of Pub. L. 92-463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 10(a)
and 41 CFR 102-3).
Dated: March 1, 2005.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 05-4272 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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