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hospitals and critical access hospitals
(CAHs), and Medicare Advantage (MA)
organizations participating in the
Medicare and Medicaid programs that
adopt and successfully demonstrate
meaningful use of certified EHR
technology. These Recovery Act
provisions, together with Title XIII of
Division A of the Recovery Act, may be
cited as the ‘‘Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health Act’’ or the ‘‘HITECH Act.’’
The HITECH Act creates incentive
programs for EPs and eligible hospitals,
including CAHs, in the Medicare Feefor-Service (FFS), MA, and Medicaid
programs that successfully demonstrate
meaningful use of certified EHR
technology. In their first payment year,
Medicaid EPs and eligible hospitals may
adopt, implement or upgrade to certified
EHR technology. It also, provides for
payment adjustments in the Medicare
FFS and MA programs starting in FY
2015 for EPs and eligible hospitals
participating in Medicare that are not
meaningful users of certified EHR
technology. These payment adjustments
do not pertain to Medicaid providers.
The first final rule for the Medicare
and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program,
which was published in the Federal
Register on July 28, 2010 (CMS–0033–
F), specified the initial criteria EPs,
eligible hospitals and CAHs, and MA
organizations must meet in order to
qualify for incentive payments;
calculation of incentive payment
amounts; payment adjustments under
Medicare for covered professional
services and inpatient hospital services
provided by EPs, eligible hospitals and
CAHs failing to demonstrate meaningful
use of certified EHR technology
beginning in 2015; and other program
participation requirements. On the same
date, the Office of the National
Coordinator of Health Information
Technology (ONC) issued a closely
related final rule (45 CFR part 170, RIN
0991–AB58) that specified the initial set
of standards, implementation
specifications, and certification criteria
for certified EHR technology. ONC has
also issued a separate final rule on the
establishment of certification programs
for health information technology (HIT)
(45 CFR part 170, RIN 0991–AB59). The
functionality of certified EHR
technology should facilitate the
implementation of meaningful use.
Subsequently, final rules have been
issued by CMS (77 FR 53968) and ONC
(77 FR 72985) to create a Stage 2 of
meaningful use criteria and other
changes to the CMS EHR Incentive
Programs and the 2014 Edition
Certification Criteria for EHR
technology.
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The information collection
requirements contained in this
information collection request are
needed to implement the HITECH Act.
In order to avoid duplicate payments,
all EPs are enumerated through their
National Provider Identifier (NPI), while
all eligible hospitals and CAHs are
enumerated through their CMS
Certification Number (CCN). State
Medicaid agencies and CMS use the
provider’s tax identification number and
NPI or CCN combination in order to
make payment, validate payment
eligibility and detect and prevent
duplicate payments for EPs, eligible
hospitals and CAHs. Form Number:
CMS–10336 (OCN: 0938–1158);
Frequency: Occasionally; Affected
Public: Private sector; Number of
Respondents: 214,694; Total Annual
Responses: 214,694; Total Annual
Hours: 2,034,740. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Travis
Broome at 214–767–4450.)
Dated: August 27, 2013.
Martique Jones,
Deputy Director, Regulations Development
Group, Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS–7030–N]
Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s
Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of
the Advisory Panel on Outreach and
Education
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of the Advisory Panel on
Outreach and Education (APOE) (the
Panel) in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The Panel
advises and makes recommendations to
the Secretary 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 Medicare,
Medicaid and the Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting
is open to the public.
DATES: Meeting Date: Monday,
September 16, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
SUMMARY:
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Deadline for Meeting Registration,
Presentations and Comments: Monday,
September 9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST.
Deadline for Requesting Special
Accommodations: Monday, September
9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: Sheraton
Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Presentations and Written Comments:
Kirsten Knutson, Acting Designated
Federal Official (DFO), Division of
Forum and Conference Development,
Office of Communications, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500
Security Boulevard, Mailstop S1–13–05,
Baltimore, MD 21244–1850 or contact
Ms. Knutson via email at
mailto:Kirsten.Knutson@cms.hhs.gov.
Registration: The meeting is open to
the public, but attendance is limited to
the space available. Persons wishing to
attend this meeting must register at the
Web site https://events.SignUp4.com/
APOESEPT2013MTG or by contacting
the DFO at the address listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice or by
telephone at number listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice, by the date listed in the
DATES section of this notice. Individuals
requiring sign language interpretation or
other special accommodations should
contact the DFO at the address listed in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice by
the date listed in the DATES’’ section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kirsten Knutson, (410) 786–5886.
Additional information about the APOE
is available on the Internet at: https://
www.cms.gov/Regulations-and
Guidance/Guidance/FACA/APOE.html.
Press inquiries are handled through
the CMS Press Office at (202) 690–6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), this notice announces a
meeting of the Advisory Panel on
Outreach and Education (APOE) (the
Panel). Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act 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 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
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coverage options provided under
[Medicare Advantage] in order to
promote an active, informed selection
among such options.’’
The Panel is also authorized by
section 1114(f) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a). The
Secretary signed the charter establishing
this Panel on January 21, 1999 (64 FR
7899, February 17, 1999) and approved
the renewal of the charter on January 21,
2011 (76 FR 11782, March 3, 2011).
Pursuant to the amended charter, the
Panel advises and makes
recommendations to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
concerning optimal strategies for the
following:
• Developing and implementing
education and outreach programs for
individuals enrolled in, or eligible for,
Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
• Enhancing the federal government’s
effectiveness in informing 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.
The current members of the Panel are:
Samantha Artiga, Principal Policy
Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation;
Joseph Baker, President, Medicare
Rights Center; Philip Bergquist,
Manager, Health Center Operations,
CHIPRA Outreach & Enrollment Project
and Director, Michigan Primary Care
Association; Marjorie Cadogan,
Executive Deputy Commissioner,
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Department of Social Services; Jonathan
Dauphine, Senior Vice President, AARP;
Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director,
Boston Public Health Commission;
Shelby Gonzales, Senior Health
Outreach Associate, Center on Budget &
Policy Priorities; Jan Henning, Benefits
Counseling & Special Projects
Coordinator, North Central Texas
Council of Governments’ Area Agency
on Aging; Warren Jones, Executive
Director, Mississippi Institute for
Improvement of Geographic Minority
Health; Cathy Kaufmann, Administrator,
Oregon Health Authority; Sandy
Markwood, Chief Executive Officer,
National Association of Area Agencies
on Aging; Miriam Mobley-Smith, Dean,
Chicago State University, College of
Pharmacy; Ana Natale-Pereira,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Medicine & Dentistry of
New Jersey; Megan Padden, Vice
President, Sentara Health Plans;
Winston Wong, Medical Director,
Community Benefit Director, Kaiser
Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar,
Professor & Coordinator, San Francisco
State University. The agenda for the
September 16, 2013 meeting will
include the following:
• Welcome and Listening Session with
CMS Leadership
• Recap of the Previous (June 24, 2013)
Meeting
• Affordable Care Act Initiatives
• An Opportunity for Public Comment
• Meeting Summary, Review of
Recommendations and 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 the DFO
at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice by the date listed
in the DATES section of this notice. The
number of oral presentations may be
limited by the time available.
Individuals not wishing to make a
presentation may submit written
comments to the DFO at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice by the date listed in the DATES
section of this notice.
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).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.733, Medicare—Hospital
Insurance Program; and Program No. 93.774,
Medicare—Supplementary Medical
Insurance Program)
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Dated: August 27, 2013.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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Description: The United States (U.S.)
Repatriation Program was established by
Title XI, Section 1113 of the Social
Security Act (Assistance for U.S.
Citizens Returned from Foreign
Countries) to provide temporary
assistance to U.S. citizens and their
dependents who have been identified by
the Department of State (DOS) as having
returned, or been brought from a foreign
country to the U.S. because of
destitution, illness, war, threat of war,
or a similar crisis, and are without
available resources immediately
accessible to meet their needs. The
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) was
provided with the authority to
administer this Program. On or about
1994, this authority was delegated by
the HHS Secretary to the Administration
for Children and Families (ACF) and
later re-delegated by ACf to the Office of
Refugee Resettlement. The Repatriation
Program works with States, Federal
agencies, and non-governmental
organizations to provide eligible
individuals with temporary assistance
for up to 90-days. This assistance is in
the form of a loan and must be repaid
to the Federal Government.
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of persons with mental illness (24
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procedures for assistance at ports of
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overseas areas, their onward movement
to final destination, and follow-up
assistance after arrival at final
destination.’’ In addition, under EO
12656 (53 CFR 47491), ‘‘Assignment of
emergency preparedness
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-7030-N]
Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs;
Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Advisory Panel on
Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel) in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Panel advises and makes
recommendations to the Secretary 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 Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting is open to the public.
DATES: Meeting Date: Monday, September 16, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Deadline for Meeting Registration, Presentations and Comments:
Monday, September 9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST.
Deadline for Requesting Special Accommodations: Monday, September
9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: Sheraton Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia
Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Presentations and Written Comments: Kirsten Knutson, Acting
Designated Federal Official (DFO), Division of Forum and Conference
Development, Office of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mailstop S1-13-05, Baltimore, MD
21244-1850 or contact Ms. Knutson via email at
mailto:Kirsten.Knutson@cms.hhs.gov.
Registration: The meeting is open to the public, but attendance is
limited to the space available. Persons wishing to attend this meeting
must register at the Web site https://events.SignUp4.com/APOESEPT2013MTG
or by contacting the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section
of this notice or by telephone at number listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice, by the date listed in the
DATES section of this notice. Individuals requiring sign language
interpretation or other special accommodations should contact the DFO
at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice by the
date listed in the DATES'' section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirsten Knutson, (410) 786-5886.
Additional information about the APOE is available on the Internet at:
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and Guidance/Guidance/FACA/APOE.html.
Press inquiries are handled through the CMS Press Office at (202)
690-6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), this notice announces a meeting
of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel).
Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 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 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
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coverage options provided under [Medicare Advantage] in order to
promote an active, informed selection among such options.''
The Panel is also authorized by section 1114(f) of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 217a). The Secretary signed the charter establishing this Panel
on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999) and approved the
renewal of the charter on January 21, 2011 (76 FR 11782, March 3,
2011).
Pursuant to the amended charter, the Panel advises and makes
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
concerning optimal strategies for the following:
Developing and implementing education and outreach
programs for individuals enrolled in, or eligible for, Medicare,
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Enhancing the federal government's effectiveness in
informing 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.
The current members of the Panel are: Samantha Artiga, Principal
Policy Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation; Joseph Baker, President,
Medicare Rights Center; Philip Bergquist, Manager, Health Center
Operations, CHIPRA Outreach & Enrollment Project and Director, Michigan
Primary Care Association; Marjorie Cadogan, Executive Deputy
Commissioner, Department of Social Services; Jonathan Dauphine, Senior
Vice President, AARP; Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director, Boston Public
Health Commission; Shelby Gonzales, Senior Health Outreach Associate,
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities; Jan Henning, Benefits Counseling
& Special Projects Coordinator, North Central Texas Council of
Governments' Area Agency on Aging; Warren Jones, Executive Director,
Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health;
Cathy Kaufmann, Administrator, Oregon Health Authority; Sandy Markwood,
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Area Agencies on
Aging; Miriam Mobley-Smith, Dean, Chicago State University, College of
Pharmacy; Ana Natale-Pereira, Associate Professor of Medicine,
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Megan Padden, Vice
President, Sentara Health Plans; Winston Wong, Medical Director,
Community Benefit Director, Kaiser Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar,
Professor & Coordinator, San Francisco State University. The agenda for
the September 16, 2013 meeting will include the following:
Welcome and Listening Session with CMS Leadership
Recap of the Previous (June 24, 2013) Meeting
Affordable Care Act Initiatives
An Opportunity for Public Comment
Meeting Summary, Review of Recommendations and 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 the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice by the date listed in the DATES section of this
notice. The number of oral presentations may be limited by the time
available. Individuals not wishing to make a presentation may submit
written comments to the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice by the date listed in the DATES section of this
notice.
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).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.733,
Medicare--Hospital Insurance Program; and Program No. 93.774,
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: August 27, 2013.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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