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Medicare Part C and Part D sponsoring
organizations (Medicare Advantage
Organizations), must submit Medicare
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qualifications and credentials. For the
retrospective review in 2018, the DVCs
will review data submitted by
sponsoring organizations for CY2017.
The main changes for the 2018 DV are
to eliminate the Part C/D reporting
section Sponsor Oversight of Agents and
adding the Part D reporting section
Improving Drug Utilization Review
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Private sector (Business or other forprofits); Number of Respondents: 574;
Total Annual Responses: 574; Total
Annual Hours: 24,050. (For policy
questions regarding this collection
contact Maria Sotirelis at 410–786–
0552.)
Dated: January 23, 2018.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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Medicare Program; Request for
Nominations to the Advisory Panel on
Hospital Outpatient Payment
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is requesting
nominations to fill vacancies on the
Advisory Panel (the Panel) on Hospital
Outpatient Payment (HOP). The purpose
of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human
Services (the Secretary) and the
Administrator of the Centers for
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Medicare & Medicaid Services (the
Administrator) on the clinical integrity
of the Ambulatory Payment
Classification (APC) groups and their
associated weights, and supervision of
hospital outpatient therapeutic services.
DATES: The agency will receive
nominations on a continuous basis.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations
electronically to the following email
address: APCPanel@cms.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons wishing to nominate
individuals to serve on the Panel or to
obtain further information may submit
an email to the following email address:
APCPanel@cms.hhs.gov.
News Media: Representatives should
contact the CMS Press Office at (202)
690–6145.
Website: For additional information
on the HOP Panel, updates to the
Panel’s activities, and submission of
nominations to the HOP Panel, we refer
readers to our website at: https://
www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Guidance/FACA/Advisory
PanelonAmbulatoryPayment
ClassificationGroups.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services (the
Secretary) is required by section
1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act
(the Act), and allowed by section 222 of
the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act)
to consult with an expert outside panel,
that is, the Advisory Panel (the Panel)
on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP)
regarding the clinical integrity of the
Ambulatory Payment Classification
(APC) groups and relative payment
weights that are components of the
Medicare Hospital Outpatient
Prospective Payment System (OPPS),
and the appropriate supervision level
for hospital outpatient therapeutic
services. The Panel is governed by the
provisions of the 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 advisory panels.
The Panel may consider data collected
or developed by entities and
organizations (other than the
Department of Health and Human
Services) as part of their deliberations.
We consider the technical advice
provided by the Panel as we prepare
both the proposed and final rulemaking
to update the OPPS for the following
calendar year (CY).
On May 20, 2016, we published a
notice in the Federal Register that
announced the August 2016 summer
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panel meeting and the transition to one
meeting of the panel per year (81 FR
31941).
II. Request for Nominations; Criteria for
Nominees
The Panel shall consist of a chair and
up to 15 members who are full-time
employees of hospitals, hospital
systems, or other Medicare providers
that are subject to the OPPS. For
supervision deliberations, the Panel
shall also include members that
represent the interests of Critical Access
Hospitals (CAHs), who advise the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) only regarding the level
of supervision for hospital outpatient
therapeutic services. (For purposes of
the Panel, consultants or independent
contractors are not considered to be fulltime employees in these organizations.)
The HOP Panel currently consists of
13 panel members. Two additional
vacancies will occur in CY 2018. The
list of HOP Panel members is located in
the FACA database, Advisory Panel on
Hospital Outpatient Payment Committee
page, on the FACA database website at:
https://www.facadatabase.gov/
committee/committee.aspx?cid=
1791&aid=76.
Panel members serve on a voluntary
basis, without compensation, according
to an advance written agreement;
however, for the meetings, CMS
reimburses travel, meals, lodging, and
related expenses in accordance with
standard Government travel regulations.
CMS has a special interest in ensuring,
while taking into account the nominee
pool, that the Panel is diverse in all
respects of the following: Geography;
rural or urban practice; race, ethnicity,
sex, and disability; medical or technical
specialty; and type of hospital, hospital
health system, or other Medicare
provider subject to the OPPS.
Appointment to the HOP Panel shall be
made without discrimination on the
basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, disability, and
cultural, religious, or socioeconomic
status.
Based upon either self-nominations or
nominations submitted by providers or
interested organizations, the Secretary,
or his or her designee, appoints new
members to the Panel from among those
candidates determined to have the
required expertise. New appointments
are made in a manner that ensures a
balanced membership under the FACA
guidelines. This notice requests
nominations for HOP Panel members on
a continuous basis. Nominations for a
person not serving on the committee
may be reconsidered as committee
vacancies arise, but should be updated
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and resubmitted no later than 3 years
after the original nomination submittal
to continue to be considered for
committee vacancies. CMS will consider
the nominations submitted in response
to the notice published in the Federal
Register on December 23, 2016, entitled
‘‘Medicare Program; Renewal of the
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient
Payment and Solicitation of
Nominations to the Advisory Panel on
Hospital Outpatient Payment’’ (81 FR
94378), unless they are withdrawn or
the nominees’ qualifications have
changed. Nominations will be
considered as vacancies occur.
The Panel must be balanced in its
membership in terms of the points of
view represented and the functions to
be performed. Each panel member must
be employed full-time by a hospital,
hospital system, or other Medicare
provider subject to payment under the
OPPS (except for the CAH members,
since CAHs are not paid under the
OPPS). All members must have
technical expertise to enable them to
participate fully in the Panel’s work.
Such expertise encompasses hospital
payment systems; hospital medical care
delivery systems; provider billing
systems; APC groups; Current
Procedural Terminology codes; and
alpha-numeric Health Care Common
Procedure Coding System codes; and
the use of, and payment for, drugs,
medical devices, and other services in
the outpatient setting, as well as other
forms of relevant expertise. For
supervision deliberations, the Panel
shall have members that represent the
interests of CAHs, who advise CMS only
regarding the level of supervision for
hospital outpatient therapeutic services.
It is not necessary for a nominee to
possess expertise in all of the areas
listed, but each must have a minimum
of 5 years of experience and currently
have full-time employment in his or her
area of expertise. Generally, members of
the Panel serve overlapping terms up to
4 years, based on the needs of the Panel
and contingent upon the rechartering of
the Panel. A member may serve after the
expiration of his or her term until a
successor has been sworn in.
Any interested person or organization
may nominate qualified individuals.
Self-nominations will also be accepted.
Each nomination must include the
following:
• Letter of Nomination stating the
reasons why the nominee should be
considered.
• Curriculum vitae or resume of the
nominee that includes an email address
where the nominee can be contacted.
• Written and signed statement from
the nominee that the nominee is willing
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to serve on the Panel under the
conditions described in this notice and
further specified in the Charter.
• The hospital or hospital system
name and address, or CAH name and
address, as well as all Medicare hospital
and or Medicare CAH billing numbers
of the facility where the nominee is
employed.
Future updates or changes to the
panel nomination process may be
published in the Federal Register or
posted on the CMS Advisory Panel for
Hospital Outpatient Payment website,
referenced in section II, ‘‘Request for
Nominations; Criteria for Nominees,’’ of
this notice.
IV. Copies of the Charter
To obtain a copy of the Panel’s
Charter, we refer readers to our website
at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulationsand-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/
AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPayment
ClassificationGroups.html.
V. Collection of Information
Requirements
This document does not impose
information collection requirements,
that is, reporting, recordkeeping or
third-party disclosure requirements.
Consequently, there is no need for
review by the Office of Management and
Budget under the authority of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: January 12, 2018.
Seema Verma,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-1703-N]
Medicare Program; Request for Nominations to the Advisory Panel
on Hospital Outpatient Payment
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is
requesting nominations to fill vacancies on the Advisory Panel (the
Panel) on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP). The purpose of the Panel
is to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (the Administrator) on the clinical
integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) groups and
their associated weights, and supervision of hospital outpatient
therapeutic services.
DATES: The agency will receive nominations on a continuous basis.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations electronically to the following
email address: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons wishing to nominate
individuals to serve on the Panel or to obtain further information may
submit an email to the following email address: [email protected].
News Media: Representatives should contact the CMS Press Office at
(202) 690-6145.
Website: For additional information on the HOP Panel, updates to
the Panel's activities, and submission of nominations to the HOP Panel,
we refer readers to our website at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the
Secretary) is required by section 1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security
Act (the Act), and allowed by section 222 of the Public Health Service
Act (PHS Act) to consult with an expert outside panel, that is, the
Advisory Panel (the Panel) on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP)
regarding the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment
Classification (APC) groups and relative payment weights that are
components of the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment
System (OPPS), and the appropriate supervision level for hospital
outpatient therapeutic services. The Panel is governed by the
provisions of the 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 advisory panels. The Panel may consider data
collected or developed by entities and organizations (other than the
Department of Health and Human Services) as part of their
deliberations.
We consider the technical advice provided by the Panel as we
prepare both the proposed and final rulemaking to update the OPPS for
the following calendar year (CY).
On May 20, 2016, we published a notice in the Federal Register that
announced the August 2016 summer
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panel meeting and the transition to one meeting of the panel per year
(81 FR 31941).
II. Request for Nominations; Criteria for Nominees
The Panel shall consist of a chair and up to 15 members who are
full-time employees of hospitals, hospital systems, or other Medicare
providers that are subject to the OPPS. For supervision deliberations,
the Panel shall also include members that represent the interests of
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), who advise the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) only regarding the level of supervision for
hospital outpatient therapeutic services. (For purposes of the Panel,
consultants or independent contractors are not considered to be full-
time employees in these organizations.)
The HOP Panel currently consists of 13 panel members. Two
additional vacancies will occur in CY 2018. The list of HOP Panel
members is located in the FACA database, Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment Committee page, on the FACA database website at:
https://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?cid=1791&aid=76.
Panel members serve on a voluntary basis, without compensation,
according to an advance written agreement; however, for the meetings,
CMS reimburses travel, meals, lodging, and related expenses in
accordance with standard Government travel regulations. CMS has a
special interest in ensuring, while taking into account the nominee
pool, that the Panel is diverse in all respects of the following:
Geography; rural or urban practice; race, ethnicity, sex, and
disability; medical or technical specialty; and type of hospital,
hospital health system, or other Medicare provider subject to the OPPS.
Appointment to the HOP Panel shall be made without discrimination on
the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
disability, and cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status.
Based upon either self-nominations or nominations submitted by
providers or interested organizations, the Secretary, or his or her
designee, appoints new members to the Panel from among those candidates
determined to have the required expertise. New appointments are made in
a manner that ensures a balanced membership under the FACA guidelines.
This notice requests nominations for HOP Panel members on a continuous
basis. Nominations for a person not serving on the committee may be
reconsidered as committee vacancies arise, but should be updated and
resubmitted no later than 3 years after the original nomination
submittal to continue to be considered for committee vacancies. CMS
will consider the nominations submitted in response to the notice
published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2016, entitled
``Medicare Program; Renewal of the Advisory Panel on Hospital
Outpatient Payment and Solicitation of Nominations to the Advisory
Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment'' (81 FR 94378), unless they are
withdrawn or the nominees' qualifications have changed. Nominations
will be considered as vacancies occur.
The Panel must be balanced in its membership in terms of the points
of view represented and the functions to be performed. Each panel
member must be employed full-time by a hospital, hospital system, or
other Medicare provider subject to payment under the OPPS (except for
the CAH members, since CAHs are not paid under the OPPS). All members
must have technical expertise to enable them to participate fully in
the Panel's work. Such expertise encompasses hospital payment systems;
hospital medical care delivery systems; provider billing systems; APC
groups; Current Procedural Terminology codes; and alpha-numeric Health
Care Common Procedure Coding System codes; and the use of, and payment
for, drugs, medical devices, and other services in the outpatient
setting, as well as other forms of relevant expertise. For supervision
deliberations, the Panel shall have members that represent the
interests of CAHs, who advise CMS only regarding the level of
supervision for hospital outpatient therapeutic services.
It is not necessary for a nominee to possess expertise in all of
the areas listed, but each must have a minimum of 5 years of experience
and currently have full-time employment in his or her area of
expertise. Generally, members of the Panel serve overlapping terms up
to 4 years, based on the needs of the Panel and contingent upon the
rechartering of the Panel. A member may serve after the expiration of
his or her term until a successor has been sworn in.
Any interested person or organization may nominate qualified
individuals. Self-nominations will also be accepted. Each nomination
must include the following:
Letter of Nomination stating the reasons why the nominee
should be considered.
Curriculum vitae or resume of the nominee that includes an
email address where the nominee can be contacted.
Written and signed statement from the nominee that the
nominee is willing to serve on the Panel under the conditions described
in this notice and further specified in the Charter.
The hospital or hospital system name and address, or CAH
name and address, as well as all Medicare hospital and or Medicare CAH
billing numbers of the facility where the nominee is employed.
Future updates or changes to the panel nomination process may be
published in the Federal Register or posted on the CMS Advisory Panel
for Hospital Outpatient Payment website, referenced in section II,
``Request for Nominations; Criteria for Nominees,'' of this notice.
IV. Copies of the Charter
To obtain a copy of the Panel's Charter, we refer readers to our
website at: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.html.
V. Collection of Information Requirements
This document does not impose information collection requirements,
that is, reporting, recordkeeping or third-party disclosure
requirements. Consequently, there is no need for review by the Office
of Management and Budget under the authority of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: January 12, 2018.
Seema Verma,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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