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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–5033–N3]
Medicare Program; Meeting of the
Advisory Board on the Demonstration
of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted
Payment System for End-Stage Renal
Disease Services
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
second public meeting of the Advisory
Board on the Demonstration of a
Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment
System for End-Stage Renal Disease
(ESRD) Services. Notice of this meeting
is required by the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section
10(a)(1) and (a)(2)). The Advisory Board
will provide advice and
recommendations with respect to the
establishment and operation of the
demonstration mandated by section
623(e) of the Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003.
DATES: The meeting is on April 13, 2005
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., eastern standard
time.
Special Accomodations: Persons
attending the meeting who are hearing
or visually impaired or have a condition
that requires special assistance or
accommodations are asked to notify
Pamela Kelly by April 6, 2005 by e-mail
at ESRDAdvisoryBoard@cms.hhs.gov or
by telephone at (410) 786–2461.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hyatt Regency, 300 Light Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202.
Attendance is limited to the space
available, so seating will be on a first
come, first served basis.
Web site: Up-to-date information on
this meeting is located at https://
www.cms.hhs.gov/faca/esrd.
Hotline: Up-to-date information on
this meeting is located on the CMS
Advisory Committee Hotline at 1 (877)
449–5659 (toll free) or in the Baltimore
area at (410) 786–9379.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Kelly by e-mail at
ESRDAdvisoryBoard@cms.hhs.gov or
telephone at (410) 786–2461.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 2,
2004, we published a Federal Register
notice requesting nominations for
individuals to serve on the Advisory
Board on the Demonstration of a
Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment
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System for End-Stage Renal Disease
(ESRD) Services. The June 2, 2004
notice also announced the
establishment of the Advisory Board
and the signing by the Secretary on May
11, 2004 of the charter establishing the
Advisory Board. On January 28, 2005,
we published a Federal Register notice
(70 FR 4132) announcing the
appointment of eleven individuals to
serve as members of the Advisory Board
on the Demonstration of a Bundled
Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for
ESRD Services, including one
individual to serve as co-chairperson,
and one additional co-chairperson, who
is employed by CMS. The first public
meeting of the Advisory Board was held
on February 16, 2005. This notice
announces the second public meeting of
this Advisory Board.
Comments may be limited by the time
available. Written questions should be
submitted by April 6, 2005 to
ESRDAdvisoryBoard@cms.hhs.gov.
Parties may also submit written
comments following the meeting to the
contact listed under the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
I. Topics of the Advisory Board Meeting
The Advisory Board on the
Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix
Adjusted Payment System for ESRD
Services will study and make
recommendations on the following
issues:
• The drugs, biologicals, and clinical
laboratory tests to be bundled into the
demonstration payment rates.
• The method and approach to be
used for the patient characteristics to be
included in the fully case-mix adjusted
demonstration payment system.
• The manner in which payment for
bundled services provided by nondemonstration providers should be
handled for beneficiaries participating
in the demonstration.
• The feasibility of providing
financial incentives and penalties to
organizations operating under the
demonstration that meet or fail to meet
applicable quality standards.
• The specific quality standards to be
used.
• The feasibility of using disease
management techniques to improve
quality and patient satisfaction and
reduce costs of care for the beneficiaries
participating in the demonstration.
• The selection criteria for
demonstration organizations.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
II. Procedure and Agenda of the
Advisory Board Meeting
This meeting is open to the public.
The Advisory Board will hear
background presentations from CMS.
The Advisory Board will then deliberate
openly on the general topic and will
make recommendations on specific
topics for future meetings. The Advisory
Board will also allow a 30-minute
opportunity for public remarks or
presentations. Interested parties may
speak or ask questions during this time.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.774, Medicare—
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: March 10, 2005.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning
opportunity for public comment on
proposed collections of information, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration will publish
periodic summaries of proposed
projects. To request more information
on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the information collection
plans, call the SAMHSA Reports
Clearance Officer on (301) 443–7978.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collections of information
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: The Coordinating
Center To Support State Incentive
Grants To Build Capacity for
Alternatives to Restraint and
Seclusion—New
The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration’s
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health
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Services has funded a Coordinating
Center to Support State Incentive Grants
to Build Capacity for Alternatives to
Restraint and Seclusion. The grants are
designed to promote the
implementation and evaluation of best
practice approaches to reducing the use
of restraint and seclusion in mental
health facilities. Grantees consist of 8
sites (state mental health agencies), most
of which will be implementing
interventions in multiple facilities (a
total of 76 facilities). These include
facilities serving adults and those
serving children and/or adolescents,
with various subgroups such as forensic
and sexual offender populations.
With input from multiple experts in
the field of restraint and seclusion and
alternatives to restraint and seclusion,
the project created a common core of
data collection instruments that will be
used for this cross-site project. The
facilities will complete four different
instruments: (1) Facility/Program
Characteristics Inventory (information
about type of facilities, characteristics of
persons served, staffing patterns, and
unit specific data); (2) Inventory of
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction
Interventions; (3) Treatment Episode
Data (admission data for all clients/
patients); and (4) Event Data (data about
the use of restraint and seclusion). Data
Number of
respondents
Instrument
will be submitted by the sites
electronically via a secured Web site.
The Facility/Program Characteristic
Inventory and Inventory of Seclusion
and Restraint Reduction Intervention
will be collected annually. The
Treatment Episode Data and Event Data
will be collected monthly.
The resulting data will help to
identify the: (1) Number of programs
adopting best practices involving
alternative approaches to restraint and
seclusion; and (2) program’s impact of
reducing restraint and seclusion use and
adoption of alternative practices. The
estimated annual response burden to
collect this information is as follows:
Responses/
respondent
Burden/response
(hours)
Annual burden
(hours)
Facility/Program Characteristic Inventory ........................................
Inventory Of Seclusion And Restraint Reduction Interventions ......
Treatment Episode Data ..................................................................
Event Data .......................................................................................
76
76
76
76
1
1
12
12
4
2
8
8
304
152
7,296
7,296
Total ..........................................................................................
76
............................
............................
15,048
Send comments to Summer King,
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7–1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road,
Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments
should be received by May 24, 2005.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4980–N–12]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 1–800–927–7588.
In
accordance with the December 12, 1988
court order in National Coalition for the
Homeless v. Veterans Administration,
No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD
publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,
identifying unutilized, underutilized,
excess and surplus Federal buildings
and real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the
purpose of announcing that no
additional properties have been
determined suitable or unsuitable this
week.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 18, 2005.
Mark R. Johnston,
Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance
Programs.
[FR Doc. 05–5786 Filed 3–24–05; 8:45 am]
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SUMMARY: This notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
DATES: March 25, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, Room 7262,
451 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234;
TTY number for the hearing- and
speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Collection Renewal
Submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act; OMB
Control Number 1018–0101; Monitoring
Recovered Species After Delisting As
Required Under Section 4(g) of the
Endangered Species Act—American
Peregrine Falcon
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The American peregrine
falcon was removed from the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife on
August 25, 1999. Section 4(g) of the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires
that all species that are recovered and
removed from the List of Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife (delisted) be
monitored in cooperation with the
States for a period of not less than 5
years. The purpose of this requirement
is to detect any failure of a recovered
species to sustain itself without the
protections of the ESA. We (Fish and
Wildlife Service) have submitted the
collection of information described
below to OMB for renewal under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before April 25, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection requirement
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed
collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed
projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to
obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of
information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
Proposed Project: The Coordinating Center To Support State Incentive
Grants To Build Capacity for Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion--
New
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health
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Services has funded a Coordinating Center to Support State Incentive
Grants to Build Capacity for Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion.
The grants are designed to promote the implementation and evaluation of
best practice approaches to reducing the use of restraint and seclusion
in mental health facilities. Grantees consist of 8 sites (state mental
health agencies), most of which will be implementing interventions in
multiple facilities (a total of 76 facilities). These include
facilities serving adults and those serving children and/or
adolescents, with various subgroups such as forensic and sexual
offender populations.
With input from multiple experts in the field of restraint and
seclusion and alternatives to restraint and seclusion, the project
created a common core of data collection instruments that will be used
for this cross-site project. The facilities will complete four
different instruments: (1) Facility/Program Characteristics Inventory
(information about type of facilities, characteristics of persons
served, staffing patterns, and unit specific data); (2) Inventory of
Seclusion and Restraint Reduction Interventions; (3) Treatment Episode
Data (admission data for all clients/patients); and (4) Event Data
(data about the use of restraint and seclusion). Data will be submitted
by the sites electronically via a secured Web site. The Facility/
Program Characteristic Inventory and Inventory of Seclusion and
Restraint Reduction Intervention will be collected annually. The
Treatment Episode Data and Event Data will be collected monthly.
The resulting data will help to identify the: (1) Number of
programs adopting best practices involving alternative approaches to
restraint and seclusion; and (2) program's impact of reducing restraint
and seclusion use and adoption of alternative practices. The estimated
annual response burden to collect this information is as follows:
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Number of Responses/ Burden/response Annual burden
Instrument respondents respondent (hours) (hours)
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Facility/Program Characteristic 76 1 4 304
Inventory..............................
Inventory Of Seclusion And Restraint 76 1 2 152
Reduction Interventions................
Treatment Episode Data.................. 76 12 8 7,296
Event Data.............................. 76 12 8 7,296
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Total............................... 76 ................ ................ 15,048
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 7-1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Written comments
should be received by May 24, 2005.
Dated: March 21, 2005.
Anna Marsh,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 05-5914 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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