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Mississippi ($23,243,995) and 17
percent to Alabama ($10,532,965).
This supplemental grant program is to
fund State payments to general, acute
care hospitals, IPFs, CMHCs, and SNFs
in impacted communities that face
financial pressures because of changing
wage rates that are not yet reflected in
Medicare PPS payment methodologies.
The grant funds must be used by the
States to make payments to all Medicare
participating general acute care
hospitals, IPFs, CMHCs and SNFs that
are currently paid under a Medicare PPS
in the impacted communities. States
have some flexibility in determining the
methodology to determine the timing
and amount of provider payments, but
the methodology must reflect each
provider’s relative share of total
Medicare payments during a specified
period of time.
Grant funds may not be distributed to
general acute care hospitals, IPFs,
CMHCs and SNFs that are not in
operation. States’ payment
methodologies should specify the
relevant time periods and any other
factors that will be considered in
distributing available grant funds
according to the principles specified
above, and are subject to approval by
CMS.
Under the authority of section
6201(a)(4) of the DRA of 2005, the
Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services, has invoked his
authority to restore health care in
impacted communities affected by
Hurricane Katrina by offering this
unique funding opportunity which will
enable States to make payments to assist
general acute care hospitals, IPFs,
CMHCs, and SNFs that are paid under
a Medicare PPS, with the financial
pressures that may result from changing
wage rates in those impacted
communities.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
are the only states with knowledge and
ability to administer a grant designed to
affect impacted communities in their
states. For the reasons cited above, the
Secretary has directed the CMS to offer
supplemental single-source awards to
the States of Louisiana, Alabama and
Mississippi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy J. Taparanskas, Ph.D., Health
Insurance Specialist, Office of the
Center Director, Centers for Medicaid
and State Operations, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mail
Stop S2–26–12, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, (410)
786–5245.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA).
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Dated: July 2, 2007.
Leslie V. Norwalk,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Medicaid Program; Notice of SingleSource Grant Award to the State of
Louisiana for the Grant Entitled
‘‘Deficit Reduction Act-Hurricane
Katrina Healthcare Related
Professional Workforce Supply’’
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Single-Source Non-Competitive
Supplemental Award.
AGENCY:
Funding Amount: $35,000,000.
Period of Performance: June 18, 2007September 30, 2009.
CFDA: 93.779.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA).
Purpose
These supplemental grant funds will
be made available to the State of
Louisiana to fund additional State
payments for professional healthcare
workforce fulfillment in Greater New
Orleans, which has continued to face
unique health professional shortages as
a result of Hurricane Katrina and its
subsequent floods. With nearly 4,500
doctors displaced and approximately 50
percent of the physicians who worked
in Region 1 before Hurricane Katrina, no
longer practicing there, Greater New
Orleans is experiencing a shortage of
primary care doctors to see Medicaid
and uninsured patients.
Funding awarded under this grant
program must be used by the State to
make payments for purposes of
recruitment and retention of
professional health care staff for the
impacted communities. For purposes of
this grant, impacted communities are
those four parishes located in the State
of Louisiana that comprise Region 1, as
defined by the Louisiana Department of
Health and Hospitals, namely, Orleans,
Jefferson, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines.
The grant funds must be used only for
purposes of recruitment or retention of
healthcare workforce professionals in
Greater New Orleans. The State has
been given flexibility in determining the
payment methodology, the scope and
type of activities, criteria for awarding
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payment, and the amount of payments
to be made to such professionals.
Payment recipients are limited to
licensed healthcare professionals.
Activities include those that were
recommended by the Louisiana Health
Care Redesign Collaborative (LHCRC) in
their concept paper submitted to the
Secretary on October 20, 2006. These
activities include but are not limited to:
income guarantees, annual medical
malpractice payment relief, loan
repayments, and incentive payments
(relocation expenses and sign-on
bonuses). Grant funds may not be
distributed to staff who are no longer
providing professional healthcare
services in the Greater New Orleans area
at the time of the disbursement of grant
funds. All payments must be made
under this grant program by September
30, 2009.
Payments to physicians, nurses, and
other professional healthcare workforce
staff under this program are not allowed
to be considered payments for Medicare,
Medicaid or other specific services, and
are not available as the non-Federal
share of expenditures or for
supplemental disproportionate share
hospital payments. Payments cannot be
made conditional on the provision of
any particular items or services by the
professionals.
Under the authority of section
6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction Act
(DRA), the Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) has
invoked his authority to restore health
care in impacted communities affected
by Hurricane Katrina by offering this
unique funding opportunity which will
give further incentive to the retention
and recruitment of health care
workforce professionals in Greater New
Orleans. Louisiana is the only State with
knowledge and ability to administer a
grant designed to affect impacted
Louisiana communities. For this reason,
the Secretary has directed the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services to
issue a single-source award to the State
of Louisiana to increase access to health
care services and to relieve economic
pressures suffered by health care
providers resulting from both the
hurricane and its subsequent flooding.
For Further Information Contact:
Wendy J. Taparanskas, Ph.D., Health
Insurance Specialist, Office of the
Center Director, Centers for Medicaid
and State Operations, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mail
Stop S2–26–12, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, (410)
786–5245.
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Dated: July 2, 2007.
Leslie V. Norwalk,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. E7–16594 Filed 8–23–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–3193–N]
Town Hall Meeting Regarding the
Effect of Coverage and Payment on
Clinical Research Study Participation
and Retention, September 20, 2007
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Town Hall Meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
Town Hall meeting to allow interested
parties to provide individual advice and
recommendations to Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
regarding the impacts of health
insurance coverage, and payment for
items, and services in clinical research
studies on the generalizability and
validity of study results and findings to
guide decision-making.
DATES: Meeting Date: The public
meeting will be held on September 20,
2007 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., D.S.T.
Registration and Special
Accommodations Deadlines: For
security reasons, individuals wishing to
attend this meeting must register by 5
p.m., D.S.T. on September 13, 2007.
Persons attending the meeting who are
hearing or visually impaired, or have a
condition that requires special
assistance or accommodations, are
asked to notify Michelle Atkinson as
specified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section, by 5 p.m.
D.S.T. on September 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The
meeting will be held in the main
auditorium of the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services, 7500 Security
Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21244.
Registration: Register by contacting
Maria Ellis (410–786–0309;
Maria.Ellis@cms.hhs.gov; Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, OCSQCoverage and Analysis Group, C1–09–
06, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
MD 21244). You may access up-to-date
information on this meeting at https://
www.cms.hhs.gov/center/coverage.asp.
Please use this site to access the system
that will permit you to submit written
comments.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Atkinson, 410–786–2881;
Michelle.Atkinson@cms.hhs.gov;
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, OCSQ-Coverage and Analysis
Group, C1–09–06, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Meeting Topic
In May 2007, CMS entered into an
interagency agreement with the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ) to work with the Duke
Evidence-Based Practice Center to
develop a White Paper that will assist
CMS in our decisions regarding
payment policy, especially the timing of
initiating coverage, for new therapeutic
agents. The Duke Evidence-Based
Practice Center has assembled a panel
for this project. The agenda for the town
hall meeting is as follows:
• Review the planned methodology.
• Advise the investigators at the Duke
Center for Clinical Health Policy
Research regarding key informants.
• Provide critical input on content of
the conference calls, topics for
discussion, and direction for the
literature search.
Background information about this
topic, including instructions for
submitting written comments, is
available on the Internet at https://
www.cms.hhs.gov/center/coverage/asp.
This meeting will specifically discuss
the following issues:
• How do payment policies by CMS
and other third-party payers affect
enrollment into clinical trials?
• How do payment policies by CMS
and other third-party payers affect
randomization and blinding within
clinical trials?
• What is the summary impact of this
effect?
• Does the timing of third-party
payment in the clinical trial process
impact the development of better
evidence?
• Do differing payment structures
within clinical trials affect the resulting
evidence?
All interested parties are invited to
attend or participate via teleconference.
The perspectives expressed during this
meeting and in writing will assist the
Duke Center for Clinical Health Policy
Research in drafting the White Paper.
II. Registration Instructions
The CMS Coverage and Analysis
Group is coordinating meeting
registration. While there is no
registration fee, individuals must
register to attend. Register by contacting
Maria Ellis at the address by the dates
specified in the ADDRESSES and DATES
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sections of the notice, respectively.
Please provide your name, address,
organization, telephone and fax
numbers, and e-mail address.
You will receive a registration
confirmation with instructions for your
arrival at the CMS complex. You will be
notified if the seating capacity has been
reached.
III. Security, Building, and Parking
Guidelines
This meeting will be held in a Federal
government building; therefore, Federal
security measures are applicable. In
planning your arrival time, we
recommend allowing additional time to
clear security.
In order to gain access to the building
and grounds, individuals must present
photographic identification to the
Federal Protective Service or Guard
Service personnel before being allowed
entrance. Security measures also
include inspection of vehicles, inside
and out, at the entrance to the grounds.
In addition, all individuals entering the
building must pass through a metal
detector. All items brought to CMS,
whether personal or for the purpose of
demonstration or to support a
demonstration, are subject to inspection.
We cannot assume responsibility for
coordinating the receipt, transfer,
transport, storage, set-up, safety, or
timely arrival of any personal
belongings or items used for
demonstration or to support a
demonstration.
Parking permits and instructions will
be issued upon arrival.
Note: Individuals who are not registered in
advance will not be permitted to enter the
building and will be unable to attend the
meeting. The public may not enter the
building earlier than 45 minutes prior to the
convening of the meeting.
All visitors must be escorted in areas
other than the lower and first floor
levels in the Central Building.
Authority: Medicare—Supplementary
Medical Insurance Program.
Dated: August 9, 2007.
Herb B. Kuhn,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicaid Program; Notice of Single-Source Grant Award to the
State of Louisiana for the Grant Entitled ``Deficit Reduction Act-
Hurricane Katrina Healthcare Related Professional Workforce Supply''
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Single-Source Non-Competitive Supplemental Award.
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Funding Amount: $35,000,000.
Period of Performance: June 18, 2007-September 30, 2009.
CFDA: 93.779.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction Act of
2005 (DRA).
Purpose
These supplemental grant funds will be made available to the State
of Louisiana to fund additional State payments for professional
healthcare workforce fulfillment in Greater New Orleans, which has
continued to face unique health professional shortages as a result of
Hurricane Katrina and its subsequent floods. With nearly 4,500 doctors
displaced and approximately 50 percent of the physicians who worked in
Region 1 before Hurricane Katrina, no longer practicing there, Greater
New Orleans is experiencing a shortage of primary care doctors to see
Medicaid and uninsured patients.
Funding awarded under this grant program must be used by the State
to make payments for purposes of recruitment and retention of
professional health care staff for the impacted communities. For
purposes of this grant, impacted communities are those four parishes
located in the State of Louisiana that comprise Region 1, as defined by
the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, namely, Orleans,
Jefferson, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines.
The grant funds must be used only for purposes of recruitment or
retention of healthcare workforce professionals in Greater New Orleans.
The State has been given flexibility in determining the payment
methodology, the scope and type of activities, criteria for awarding
payment, and the amount of payments to be made to such professionals.
Payment recipients are limited to licensed healthcare professionals.
Activities include those that were recommended by the Louisiana Health
Care Redesign Collaborative (LHCRC) in their concept paper submitted to
the Secretary on October 20, 2006. These activities include but are not
limited to: income guarantees, annual medical malpractice payment
relief, loan repayments, and incentive payments (relocation expenses
and sign-on bonuses). Grant funds may not be distributed to staff who
are no longer providing professional healthcare services in the Greater
New Orleans area at the time of the disbursement of grant funds. All
payments must be made under this grant program by September 30, 2009.
Payments to physicians, nurses, and other professional healthcare
workforce staff under this program are not allowed to be considered
payments for Medicare, Medicaid or other specific services, and are not
available as the non-Federal share of expenditures or for supplemental
disproportionate share hospital payments. Payments cannot be made
conditional on the provision of any particular items or services by the
professionals.
Under the authority of section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction
Act (DRA), the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) has invoked his authority to restore health care in impacted
communities affected by Hurricane Katrina by offering this unique
funding opportunity which will give further incentive to the retention
and recruitment of health care workforce professionals in Greater New
Orleans. Louisiana is the only State with knowledge and ability to
administer a grant designed to affect impacted Louisiana communities.
For this reason, the Secretary has directed the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services to issue a single-source award to the State of
Louisiana to increase access to health care services and to relieve
economic pressures suffered by health care providers resulting from
both the hurricane and its subsequent flooding.
For Further Information Contact: Wendy J. Taparanskas, Ph.D.,
Health Insurance Specialist, Office of the Center Director, Centers for
Medicaid and State Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Mail Stop S2-26-12, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21244, (410) 786-5245.
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Dated: July 2, 2007.
Leslie V. Norwalk,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. E7-16594 Filed 8-23-07; 8:45 am]
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