Department of Health and Human Services November 13, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Clinical Care Commission (the Commission) will conduct its fifth meeting on Friday, November 22, 2019. The Commission is charged to evaluate and make recommendations to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and Congress regarding improvements to the coordination and leveraging of federal programs related to awareness and clinical care for complex metabolic or autoimmune diseases that result from issues related to insulin that represent a significant disease burden in the United States, which may include complications due to such diseases.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) announces subcommittee meetings of the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC). The meetings are open to the public and can be accessed via telephone only. Agenda with call-in information will be posted on the SAMHSA website prior to the meetings at: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory-councils/meetings. The meetings will include information on the following focus areas: Data, Access, Treatment and Recovery, Justice, and Finance. Committee Name: Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (subcommittee meetings). Date/Time/Type:

This notice announces the monthly actuarial rates for aged (age 65 and over) and disabled (under age 65) beneficiaries enrolled in Part B of the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) program beginning January 1, 2020. In addition, this notice announces the monthly premium for aged and disabled beneficiaries, the deductible for 2020, and the income-related monthly adjustment amounts to be paid by beneficiaries with modified adjusted gross income above certain threshold amounts. The monthly actuarial rates for 2020 are $283.20 for aged enrollees and $343.60 for disabled enrollees. The standard monthly Part B premium rate for all enrollees for 2020 is $144.60, which is equal to 50 percent of the monthly actuarial rate for aged enrollees (or approximately 25 percent of the expected average total cost of Part B coverage for aged enrollees) plus $3.00 repayment amount required under current law. (The 2019 standard premium rate was $135.50, which included the $3.00 repayment amount.) The Part B deductible for 2020 is $198.00 for all Part B beneficiaries. If a beneficiary has to pay an income-related monthly adjustment, he or she will have to pay a total monthly premium of about 35, 50, 65, 80 or 85 percent of the total cost of Part B coverage plus a repayment amount of $4.20, $6.00, $7.80, $9.60 or $10.20 respectively.