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Health Insurance Marketplace,
Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s
Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of
the Advisory Panel on Outreach and
Education (APOE), July 22, 2015
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
rescheduling of the June 25, 2015
meeting and announces the new
meeting date 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 the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) and
the Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on
opportunities to enhance the
effectiveness of consumer education
strategies concerning the Health
Insurance Marketplace, Medicare,
Medicaid, and the Children’s Health
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Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting
is open to the public.
DATES: Meeting Date: Wednesday, July
22, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. eastern
daylight time (e.d.t).
Deadline for Meeting Registration,
Presentations and Comments:
Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 5:00 p.m.,
e.s.t.
Deadline for Requesting Special
Accommodations: Wednesday, July 8,
2015, 5:00 p.m., e.s.t.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: U.S.
Department of Health & Human
Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
200 Independence Avenue SW., Room
738 G, Conference Room, Washington,
DC 20201.
Presentations and Written Comments:
Presentations and written comments
should be submitted to the DFO as
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice.
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://www.regonline.com/
apoejuly2015meeting or by contacting
the DFO as 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 FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT ADDRESSES section
of this notice by the date listed in the
DATES section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abigail Huffman, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), Office of
Communications, CMS, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Mail Stop S1–05–06,
Baltimore, MD 21244, 410–786–0897,
email Abigail.Huffman1@cms.hhs.gov.
Additional information about the APOE
is available on the Internet at: https://
www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Guidance/FACA/APOE.html
Press inquiries are handled through
the CMS Press Office at (202) 690–6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Advisory Panel for Outreach and
Education (APOE) (the Panel) is
governed by the provisions of Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub.
L. 92–463), as amended (5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2), which sets forth standards
for the formation and use of federal
advisory committees. The Panel is
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).
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The Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS)
(the Secretary) signed the charter
establishing the Citizen’s Advisory
Panel on Medicare Education 1 (the
predecessor to the APOE) on January 21,
1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999) to
advise and make recommendations to
the Secretary and the Administrator of
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) on the effective
implementation of national Medicare
education programs, including with
respect to the Medicare+Choice (M+C)
program added by the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–33).
The Medicare Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108–173)
expanded the existing health plan
options and benefits available under the
M+C program and renamed it the
Medicare Advantage (MA) program. We
have had substantial responsibilities to
provide information to Medicare
beneficiaries about the range of health
plan options available and better tools
to evaluate these options. The
successful MA program implementation
required CMS to consider the views and
policy input from a variety of private
sector constituents and to develop a
broad range of public-private
partnerships.
In addition, Title I of the MMA
authorized the Secretary and the
Administrator of CMS (by delegation) to
establish the Medicare prescription drug
benefit. The drug benefit allows
beneficiaries to obtain qualified
prescription drug coverage. In order to
effectively administer the MA program
and the Medicare prescription drug
benefit, we have substantial
responsibilities to provide information
to Medicare beneficiaries about the
range of health plan options and
benefits available, and to develop better
tools to evaluate these plans and
benefits.
The Affordable Care Act (Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act,
Pub. L. 111–148, and Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010,
Pub. L. 111–152) expanded the
availability of other options for health
care coverage and enacted a number of
changes to Medicare as well as to
Medicaid and the Children’s Health
Insurance Program (CHIP). Qualified
individuals and qualified employers are
now able to purchase private health
insurance coverage through competitive
marketplace, called Affordable
Insurance Exchange (also called Health
1 We note that the Citizen’s Advisory Panel on
Medicare Education is also referred to as the
Advisory Panel on Medicare Education (65 FR
4617). The name was updated in the Second
Amended Charter approved on July 24, 2000.
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Insurance Marketplace, and
‘‘Marketplace’’). In order to effectively
implement and administer these
changes, we must provide information
to consumers, providers, and other
stakeholders through education and
outreach programs regarding how
existing programs will change and the
expanded range of health coverage
options available, including private
health insurance coverage through the
Marketplace. The APOE (the Panel)
allows us to consider a broad range of
views and information from interested
audiences in connection with this effort
and to identify opportunities to enhance
the effectiveness of education strategies
concerning the Affordable Care Act.
The scope of this panel also includes
advising on issues pertaining to the
education of providers and stakeholders
with respect to the Affordable Care Act
and certain provisions of the Health
Information Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
enacted as part of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA).
On January 21, 2011, the Panel’s
charter was renewed and the Panel was
renamed the Advisory Panel for
Outreach and Education. The Panel’s
charter was most recently renewed on
January 21, 2015, and will terminate on
January 21, 2017 unless renewed by
appropriate action.
Under the current charter, the APOE
will advise the Secretary and the
Administrator on 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), or
coverage available through the Health
Insurance Marketplace.
• Enhancing the federal government’s
effectiveness in informing Health
Insurance Marketplace, Medicare,
Medicaid, and CHIP consumers, issuers,
providers, and stakeholders, through
education and outreach programs, on
issues regarding these 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 Health Insurance
Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and
CHIP education programs.
• Assembling and sharing an
information base of ‘‘best practices’’ for
helping consumers evaluate health
coverage options.
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• 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 the Affordable Care
Act.
The current members of the Panel are:
Samantha Artiga, Principal Policy
Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation;
Joseph Baker, President, Medicare
Rights Center; Kellan Baker, Senior
Fellow, Center for American Progress;
Philip Bergquist, Manager, Health
Center Operations, Children’s Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
(CHIPRA) Outreach & Enrollment
Project and Director, Michigan Primary
Care Association; Marjorie Cadogan,
Executive Deputy Commissioner,
Department of Social Services; Barbara
Ferrer, Chief Strategy Officer, W. K.
Kellogg Foundation; 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; Louise Knight,
Director, The Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns
Hopkins; Miriam Mobley-Smith, Dean,
Chicago State University, College of
Pharmacy; Ana Natale-Pereira, M.D.,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School;
Roanne Osborne-Gaskin, M.D.,
Associate Medical Director,
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode
Island; Megan Padden, Vice President,
Sentara Health Plans; Jeanne Ryer,
Director, New Hampshire Citizens
Health Initiative, University of New
Hampshire; Carla Smith, Executive Vice
President, Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society (HIMSS);
Winston Wong, Medical Director,
Community Benefit Director, Kaiser
Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar,
Professor & Coordinator, San Francisco
State University.
II. Provisions of This Notice
In the May 29, 2015 Federal Register
(80 FR 30684), in accordance with
section 10(a) of the FACA, we published
a notice announcing a June 25, 2015
meeting of the APOE. In this notice, we
are notifying interested parties we are
rescheduling the meeting to July 22,
2015. The agenda for the July 22, 2015
meeting will include the following:
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• Welcome and listening session with
CMS leadership
• Recap of the previous (March 19,
2015) 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 an oral
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).
Dated: June 16, 2015.
Andrew M. Slavitt,
Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-7037-N2]
Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's
Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach
and Education (APOE), July 22, 2015
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the rescheduling of the June 25, 2015
meeting and announces the new meeting date 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 the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) on opportunities to enhance the effectiveness
of consumer education strategies concerning the Health Insurance
Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance
Program (CHIP). This meeting is open to the public.
DATES: Meeting Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
eastern daylight time (e.d.t).
Deadline for Meeting Registration, Presentations and Comments:
Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 5:00 p.m., e.s.t.
Deadline for Requesting Special Accommodations: Wednesday, July 8,
2015, 5:00 p.m., e.s.t.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW.,
Room 738 G, Conference Room, Washington, DC 20201.
Presentations and Written Comments: Presentations and written
comments should be submitted to the DFO as listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice.
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://www.regonline.com/apoejuly2015meeting or by contacting the DFO as 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ADDRESSES section of this
notice by the date listed in the DATES section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abigail Huffman, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), Office of Communications, CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Mail Stop S1-05-06, Baltimore, MD 21244, 410-786-0897, email
Abigail.Huffman1@cms.hhs.gov. 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:
I. Background
The Advisory Panel for Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel) is
governed by the provisions of Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
(Pub. L. 92-463), as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of federal advisory committees. The
Panel is 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 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) (the Secretary) signed the charter establishing the Citizen's
Advisory Panel on Medicare Education \1\ (the predecessor to the APOE)
on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999) to advise and make
recommendations to the Secretary and the Administrator of the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the effective implementation
of national Medicare education programs, including with respect to the
Medicare+Choice (M+C) program added by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
(Pub. L. 105-33).
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\1\ We note that the Citizen's Advisory Panel on Medicare
Education is also referred to as the Advisory Panel on Medicare
Education (65 FR 4617). The name was updated in the Second Amended
Charter approved on July 24, 2000.
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The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173)
expanded the existing health plan options and benefits available under
the M+C program and renamed it the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. We
have had substantial responsibilities to provide information to
Medicare beneficiaries about the range of health plan options available
and better tools to evaluate these options. The successful MA program
implementation required CMS to consider the views and policy input from
a variety of private sector constituents and to develop a broad range
of public-private partnerships.
In addition, Title I of the MMA authorized the Secretary and the
Administrator of CMS (by delegation) to establish the Medicare
prescription drug benefit. The drug benefit allows beneficiaries to
obtain qualified prescription drug coverage. In order to effectively
administer the MA program and the Medicare prescription drug benefit,
we have substantial responsibilities to provide information to Medicare
beneficiaries about the range of health plan options and benefits
available, and to develop better tools to evaluate these plans and
benefits.
The Affordable Care Act (Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, Pub. L. 111-148, and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
of 2010, Pub. L. 111-152) expanded the availability of other options
for health care coverage and enacted a number of changes to Medicare as
well as to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Qualified individuals and qualified employers are now able to purchase
private health insurance coverage through competitive marketplace,
called Affordable Insurance Exchange (also called Health
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Insurance Marketplace, and ``Marketplace''). In order to effectively
implement and administer these changes, we must provide information to
consumers, providers, and other stakeholders through education and
outreach programs regarding how existing programs will change and the
expanded range of health coverage options available, including private
health insurance coverage through the Marketplace. The APOE (the Panel)
allows us to consider a broad range of views and information from
interested audiences in connection with this effort and to identify
opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of education strategies
concerning the Affordable Care Act.
The scope of this panel also includes advising on issues pertaining
to the education of providers and stakeholders with respect to the
Affordable Care Act and certain provisions of the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act enacted as
part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
On January 21, 2011, the Panel's charter was renewed and the Panel
was renamed the Advisory Panel for Outreach and Education. The Panel's
charter was most recently renewed on January 21, 2015, and will
terminate on January 21, 2017 unless renewed by appropriate action.
Under the current charter, the APOE will advise the Secretary and
the Administrator on 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), or
coverage available through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Enhancing the federal government's effectiveness in
informing Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP
consumers, issuers, providers, and stakeholders, through education and
outreach programs, on issues regarding these 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
Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP education
programs.
Assembling and sharing an information base of ``best
practices'' for helping consumers evaluate health coverage 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 the Affordable Care Act.
The current members of the Panel are: Samantha Artiga, Principal
Policy Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation; Joseph Baker, President,
Medicare Rights Center; Kellan Baker, Senior Fellow, Center for
American Progress; Philip Bergquist, Manager, Health Center Operations,
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA)
Outreach & Enrollment Project and Director, Michigan Primary Care
Association; Marjorie Cadogan, Executive Deputy Commissioner,
Department of Social Services; Barbara Ferrer, Chief Strategy Officer,
W. K. Kellogg Foundation; 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; Louise Knight, Director, The
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Miriam
Mobley-Smith, Dean, Chicago State University, College of Pharmacy; Ana
Natale-Pereira, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-New
Jersey Medical School; Roanne Osborne-Gaskin, M.D., Associate Medical
Director, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Megan Padden, Vice
President, Sentara Health Plans; Jeanne Ryer, Director, New Hampshire
Citizens Health Initiative, University of New Hampshire; Carla Smith,
Executive Vice President, Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS); Winston Wong, Medical Director, Community Benefit
Director, Kaiser Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar, Professor &
Coordinator, San Francisco State University.
II. Provisions of This Notice
In the May 29, 2015 Federal Register (80 FR 30684), in accordance
with section 10(a) of the FACA, we published a notice announcing a June
25, 2015 meeting of the APOE. In this notice, we are notifying
interested parties we are rescheduling the meeting to July 22, 2015.
The agenda for the July 22, 2015 meeting will include the following:
Welcome and listening session with CMS leadership
Recap of the previous (March 19, 2015) 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 an oral 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).
Dated: June 16, 2015.
Andrew M. Slavitt,
Acting Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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