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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–7020–N]
Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s
Health Insurance Programs; Renewal,
Expansion, and Renaming of the
Advisory Panel on Outreach and
Education (APOE) and Request for
Nominations
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces that
the charter of the Advisory Panel on
Medicare Education (APME), as
renamed the Advisory Panel on
Outreach and Education (APOE), has
been renewed and the scope of the
charter has been expanded. It also
requests nominations for individuals to
serve on the APOE.
DATES: Nominations will be considered
if we receive them at the appropriate
address, provided in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice, no later than 5
p.m., e.d.t. on April 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver nominations
to the following address: Jennifer B.
Kordonski, Designated Federal Official,
Office of External Affairs and
Beneficiary Services, CMS, 7500
Security Boulevard, Mail Stop S1–13–
05, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850 or e-mail
to Jennifer.kordonski@cms.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer B. Kordonski, Designated
Federal Official, Office of External
Affairs and Beneficiary Services, CMS,
7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop S1–
13–05, Baltimore, MD 21244, 410–786–
1840, e-mail
Jennifer.kordonski@cms.hhs.gov or visit
the Web site at https://www.cms.gov/
FACA/04_APOE.asp. Press inquiries are
handled through the CMS Press Office
at (202) 690–6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The Advisory Panel on Medicare
Education (APME) was established in
January 1999 in accordance with section
9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), which
authorizes the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (the Secretary) to
establish an advisory panel if the
Secretary determines that the panel is
‘‘in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed
* * * by law.’’ Such duties are
specifically imposed by section 1804 of
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the Social Security Act (the Act),
requiring the Secretary to provide
informational materials to Medicare
beneficiaries about the Medicare
program, and section 1851(d) of the Act,
requiring the Secretary to provide for
‘‘activities * * * to broadly disseminate
information to [M]edicare beneficiaries
* * * on the coverage options provided
under [Medicare Advantage] in order to
promote an active, informed selection
among such options.’’
The APME was also authorized by
section 1114(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public
Health Service Act (PHSA) (42 U.S.C.
217a). The Secretary signed the charter
establishing the APME on January 21,
1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999).
II. Provisions of This Notice
A. Renewal, Renaming, and
Amendment of the APOE
Over the last decade, the role of the
APME in advising the Secretary and
CMS on Medicare education activities
has contributed to the overall improved
understanding by beneficiaries of
original Medicare, Medicare Advantage
(MA), and Medicare Prescription Drug
plans. With enactment of the health care
reform provisions of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Pub. L. 111–148) as amended by the
Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–
152) (these two public laws are
collectively referred to as the Affordable
Care Act), we realized that the
usefulness of this FACA group could be
expanded to assist the Secretary and
CMS with responsibilities under the
Medicaid and CHIP programs. Pursuant
to the charter approved on January 21,
2011, the APME was renewed,
expanded, and renamed to reflect this
broader scope of responsibilities. The
renamed Advisory Panel on Outreach
and Education (APOE)) will advise the
Department of Health and Human
Services and CMS on developing and
implementing education programs that
support individuals with or who are
eligible for Medicare, Medicaid and the
Children’s Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) about options for selecting health
care coverage under these and other
programs envisioned under health care
reform to ensure improved access to
quality care, including prevention
services. The expansion of this FACA
group will also include advising on
education of providers and stakeholders
with respect to health care reform and
certain provisions of the Health
Information Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
enacted as part of the American
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Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA). For ease of reference, the APOE
will be exclusively referred to by its
new name in the remainder of this
notice, even if it is referring to past
activities.
The charter will terminate on January
21, 2013, unless renewed by appropriate
action. The APOE was chartered under
42 U.S.C. 222 of the PHSA, as amended.
The APOE is governed by provisions of
Public Law 92–463, as amended (5
U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
Pursuant to the amended charter, the
APOE will advise the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and the
CMS Administrator concerning optimal
strategies for the following:
• Developing and implementing
education and outreach programs for
individuals enrolled in or eligible for
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.
• Enhancing the Federal
government’s effectiveness in informing
the Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP
consumers, providers and stakeholders
pursuant to education and outreach
programs of issues regarding these and
other health coverage programs,
including the appropriate use of publicprivate partnerships to leverage the
resources of the private sector in
educating beneficiaries, providers and
stakeholders.
• Expanding outreach to vulnerable
and underserved communities,
including racial and ethnic minorities,
in the context of Medicare, Medicaid,
and CHIP education programs.
• Assembling and sharing an
information base of ‘‘best practices’’ for
helping consumers evaluate health plan
options.
• Building and leveraging existing
community infrastructures for
information, counseling and assistance.
• Drawing the program link between
outreach and education, promoting
consumer understanding of health care
coverage choices and facilitating
consumer selection/enrollment, which
in turn support the overarching goal of
improved access to quality care,
including prevention services,
envisioned under health care reform.
B. Requests for Nominations
The APOE shall consist of no more
than 20 members. The Chair shall either
be appointed from among the 20
members, or a Federal official will be
designated to serve as the Chair. The
charter requires that meetings shall be
held approximately four times per year.
Members will be expected to attend all
meetings. The members and the Chair
shall be selected from authorities
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knowledgeable in one or more of the
following fields:
• Senior citizen advocacy.
• Outreach to minority communities.
• Health communications.
• Disease-related advocacy.
• Disability policy and access.
• Health economics research.
• Health insurers and plans.
• Health IT.
• Direct patient care.
• Matters of labor and retirement.
Representatives of the general public
may also serve on the APOE.
This notice also announces that as of
January 2011, there are 12 expired terms
of membership. This notice is an
invitation to interested organizations or
individuals to submit their nominations
for membership on the APOE. The CMS
Administrator will appoint new
members to the APOE from among those
candidates determined to have the
expertise required to meet specific
agency needs, and in a manner to ensure
an appropriate balance of membership.
We have an interest in ensuring that the
interests of both women and men,
members of all racial and ethnic groups,
and physically challenged individuals
are adequately represented on the
APOE. Therefore, we encourage
nominations of qualified candidates
who can represent these interests. Any
interested person may nominate one or
more qualified persons.
Current members whose terms
expired in 2010 or 2011 may be
considered for reappointment, subject to
committee service guidelines.
Each nomination must state that the
nominee has expressed a willingness to
serve as a Panel member and must be
accompanied by a curricula vitae and a
brief biographical summary of the
nominee’s experience.
While we are looking for experts in a
number of fields, our most critical needs
are for experts in health disparities,
State Health Insurance Assistance
Programs (SHIPs), health insurance
plans, aging, Web health education, eprescribing, retirement/financial
planning, health research, public health
and prevention, caregiving, CHIP, health
insurance exchanges, and minority
health education.
We are requesting that all curricula
vitae include the following:
• Date of birth.
• Place of birth.
• Title and current position.
• Professional affiliation.
• Home and business address.
• Telephone and fax numbers.
• E-mail address.
• List of areas of expertise.
Phone interviews of nominees may
also be requested after review of the
nominations.
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In order to permit an evaluation of
possible sources of conflict of interest,
potential candidates will be asked to
provide detailed information concerning
such matters as financial holdings,
consultancies, and research grants or
contracts.
Members are invited to serve for 2year terms, contingent upon the renewal
of the APOE by appropriate action prior
to its termination. A member may serve
after the expiration of that member’s
term until a successor takes office. Any
member appointed to fill a vacancy for
an unexpired term shall be appointed
for the remainder of that term.
III. Copies of the Charter
The Secretary’s Charter for the APOE
is available on the CMS Web site at:
https://www.cms.gov/FACA/
04_APOE.asp, or you may obtain a copy
of the charter by submitting a request to
the contact listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
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Program; No. 93.773 Medicare—Hospital
Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
Dated: February 25, 2011.
Donald M. Berwick,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-7020-N]
Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs;
Renewal, Expansion, and Renaming of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and
Education (APOE) and Request for Nominations
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the charter of the Advisory Panel
on Medicare Education (APME), as renamed the Advisory Panel on Outreach
and Education (APOE), has been renewed and the scope of the charter has
been expanded. It also requests nominations for individuals to serve on
the APOE.
DATES: Nominations will be considered if we receive them at the
appropriate address, provided in the ADDRESSES section of this notice,
no later than 5 p.m., e.d.t. on April 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Mail or deliver nominations to the following address:
Jennifer B. Kordonski, Designated Federal Official, Office of External
Affairs and Beneficiary Services, CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail
Stop S1-13-05, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 or e-mail to
Jennifer.kordonski@cms.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer B. Kordonski, Designated
Federal Official, Office of External Affairs and Beneficiary Services,
CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop S1-13-05, Baltimore, MD 21244,
410-786-1840, e-mail Jennifer.kordonski@cms.hhs.gov or visit the Web
site at https://www.cms.gov/FACA/04_APOE.asp. Press inquiries are
handled through the CMS Press Office at (202) 690-6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Advisory Panel on Medicare Education (APME) was established in
January 1999 in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), which authorizes the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (the Secretary) to establish an advisory panel if the
Secretary determines that the panel is ``in the public interest in
connection with the performance of duties imposed * * * by law.'' Such
duties are specifically imposed by section 1804 of the Social Security
Act (the Act), requiring the Secretary to provide informational
materials to Medicare beneficiaries about the Medicare program, and
section 1851(d) of the Act, requiring the Secretary to provide for
``activities * * * to broadly disseminate information to [M]edicare
beneficiaries * * * on the coverage options provided under [Medicare
Advantage] in order to promote an active, informed selection among such
options.''
The APME was also authorized by section 1114(f) of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA)
(42 U.S.C. 217a). The Secretary signed the charter establishing the
APME on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999).
II. Provisions of This Notice
A. Renewal, Renaming, and Amendment of the APOE
Over the last decade, the role of the APME in advising the
Secretary and CMS on Medicare education activities has contributed to
the overall improved understanding by beneficiaries of original
Medicare, Medicare Advantage (MA), and Medicare Prescription Drug
plans. With enactment of the health care reform provisions of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148) as amended
by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
111-152) (these two public laws are collectively referred to as the
Affordable Care Act), we realized that the usefulness of this FACA
group could be expanded to assist the Secretary and CMS with
responsibilities under the Medicaid and CHIP programs. Pursuant to the
charter approved on January 21, 2011, the APME was renewed, expanded,
and renamed to reflect this broader scope of responsibilities. The
renamed Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE)) will advise
the Department of Health and Human Services and CMS on developing and
implementing education programs that support individuals with or who
are eligible for Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP) about options for selecting health care coverage under
these and other programs envisioned under health care reform to ensure
improved access to quality care, including prevention services. The
expansion of this FACA group will also include advising on education of
providers and stakeholders with respect to health care reform and
certain provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act enacted as part of the American
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Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). For ease of reference,
the APOE will be exclusively referred to by its new name in the
remainder of this notice, even if it is referring to past activities.
The charter will terminate on January 21, 2013, unless renewed by
appropriate action. The APOE was chartered under 42 U.S.C. 222 of the
PHSA, as amended. The APOE is governed by provisions of Public Law 92-
463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for
the formation and use of advisory committees.
Pursuant to the amended charter, the APOE will advise the Secretary
of Health and Human Services and the CMS Administrator concerning
optimal strategies for the following:
Developing and implementing education and outreach
programs for individuals enrolled in or eligible for Medicare,
Medicaid, and CHIP.
Enhancing the Federal government's effectiveness in
informing the Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP consumers, providers and
stakeholders pursuant to education and outreach programs of issues
regarding these and other health coverage programs, including the
appropriate use of public-private partnerships to leverage the
resources of the private sector in educating beneficiaries, providers
and stakeholders.
Expanding outreach to vulnerable and underserved
communities, including racial and ethnic minorities, in the context of
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP education programs.
Assembling and sharing an information base of ``best
practices'' for helping consumers evaluate health plan options.
Building and leveraging existing community infrastructures
for information, counseling and assistance.
Drawing the program link between outreach and education,
promoting consumer understanding of health care coverage choices and
facilitating consumer selection/enrollment, which in turn support the
overarching goal of improved access to quality care, including
prevention services, envisioned under health care reform.
B. Requests for Nominations
The APOE shall consist of no more than 20 members. The Chair shall
either be appointed from among the 20 members, or a Federal official
will be designated to serve as the Chair. The charter requires that
meetings shall be held approximately four times per year. Members will
be expected to attend all meetings. The members and the Chair shall be
selected from authorities knowledgeable in one or more of the following
fields:
Senior citizen advocacy.
Outreach to minority communities.
Health communications.
Disease-related advocacy.
Disability policy and access.
Health economics research.
Health insurers and plans.
Health IT.
Direct patient care.
Matters of labor and retirement.
Representatives of the general public may also serve on the APOE.
This notice also announces that as of January 2011, there are 12
expired terms of membership. This notice is an invitation to interested
organizations or individuals to submit their nominations for membership
on the APOE. The CMS Administrator will appoint new members to the APOE
from among those candidates determined to have the expertise required
to meet specific agency needs, and in a manner to ensure an appropriate
balance of membership. We have an interest in ensuring that the
interests of both women and men, members of all racial and ethnic
groups, and physically challenged individuals are adequately
represented on the APOE. Therefore, we encourage nominations of
qualified candidates who can represent these interests. Any interested
person may nominate one or more qualified persons.
Current members whose terms expired in 2010 or 2011 may be
considered for reappointment, subject to committee service guidelines.
Each nomination must state that the nominee has expressed a
willingness to serve as a Panel member and must be accompanied by a
curricula vitae and a brief biographical summary of the nominee's
experience.
While we are looking for experts in a number of fields, our most
critical needs are for experts in health disparities, State Health
Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs), health insurance plans, aging,
Web health education, e-prescribing, retirement/financial planning,
health research, public health and prevention, caregiving, CHIP, health
insurance exchanges, and minority health education.
We are requesting that all curricula vitae include the following:
Date of birth.
Place of birth.
Title and current position.
Professional affiliation.
Home and business address.
Telephone and fax numbers.
E-mail address.
List of areas of expertise.
Phone interviews of nominees may also be requested after review of
the nominations.
In order to permit an evaluation of possible sources of conflict of
interest, potential candidates will be asked to provide detailed
information concerning such matters as financial holdings,
consultancies, and research grants or contracts.
Members are invited to serve for 2-year terms, contingent upon the
renewal of the APOE by appropriate action prior to its termination. A
member may serve after the expiration of that member's term until a
successor takes office. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy for an
unexpired term shall be appointed for the remainder of that term.
III. Copies of the Charter
The Secretary's Charter for the APOE is available on the CMS Web
site at: https://www.cms.gov/FACA/04_APOE.asp, or you may obtain a copy
of the charter by submitting a request to the contact listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.778, Medical
Assistance Program; No. 93.773 Medicare--Hospital Insurance Program;
and No. 93.774, Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: February 25, 2011.
Donald M. Berwick,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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