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continuing refinement of the Common 

Formats. AHRQ welcomes questions 

from prospective meeting participants 

and interested individuals on the 

technical specifications for Common 

Formats. These questions should be emailed to support@psoppc.ORG no later 

than April 27, 2011. AHRQ will use the 

input received at this meeting as we 

continue to update and refine the 

Common Formats. 

A summary of the meeting will be 

provided upon request. If you are 

unable to participate in the meeting and 

would like a copy of the summary, 

please send an e-mail to 

support@psoppc.ORG and it will be sent 

as soon as it is available after the 

meeting. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory 

Board), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

announces the following meeting for the 

aforementioned committee: 

Time and Date: 11 a.m.–2 p.m., April 20, 

2011. 

Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS 

Conferencing. The USA toll-free, dial-in 

number is 1–866–659–0537 and the pass 

code is 9933701. 

Status: Open to the public, but without a 

public comment period. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

Act of 2000 to advise the President on a 

variety of policy and technical functions 

required to implement and effectively 

manage the new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines, which 

have been promulgated by the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final 

rule; advice on methods of dose 

reconstruction, which have also been 

promulgated by HHS as a final rule; advice 

on the scientific validity and quality of dose 

estimation and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the compensation 

program; and advice on petitions to add 

classes of workers to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC). 

In December 2000, the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 

subsequently delegated this authority to the 

CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility 

for CDC. The charter was issued on August 

3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, 

most recently, August 3, 2009, and will 

expire on August 3, 2011. 

Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged 

with (a) Providing advice to the Secretary, 

HHS, on the development of guidelines 

under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing 

advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 

scientific validity and quality of dose 

reconstruction efforts performed for this 

program; and (c) upon request by the 

Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on 

whether there is a class of employees at any 

Department of Energy facility who were 

exposed to radiation but for whom it is not 

feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and 

on whether there is reasonable likelihood 

that such radiation doses may have 

endangered the health of members of this 

class. 

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the 

conference call includes: NIOSH 10-Year 

Review of its Division of Compensation 

Analysis and Support (DCAS) Program; 

Subcommittee and Work Group Updates; 

DCAS SEC Petition Evaluations Update for 

the May 2011 Advisory Board Meeting; and 

Board Correspondence. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Because there is not a public comment 

period, written comments may be submitted. 

Any written comments received will be 

included in the official record of the meeting 

and should be submitted to the contact 

person below in advance of the meeting. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Theodore M. Katz, M.P.A., Executive 

Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd., 

NE., Mailstop: E–20, Atlanta, GA 30333, 

Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll Free 1–800– 

CDC–INFO, E-mail ocas@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Subcommittee for Dose 

Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH or the 

Advisory Board), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

announces the following meeting for the 

aforementioned subcommittee: 

Time and Date: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., April 18, 

2011. 

Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 

Progress Drive, Hebron, Kentucky 41018. 

Telephone (859) 334–4611, Fax (859) 334– 

4619. 

Status: Open to the public, but without a 

public comment period. To access by 

conference call dial the following 

information 1 (866) 659–0537, Participant 

Pass Code 9933701. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

Act of 2000 to advise the President on a 

variety of policy and technical functions 

required to implement and effectively 

manage the new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines that have 

been promulgated by the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final 

rule; advice on methods of dose 

reconstruction which have also been 

promulgated by HHS as a final rule; advice 

on the scientific validity and quality of dose 

estimation and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the compensation 

program; and advice on petitions to add 

classes of workers to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC). 

In December 2000, the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 

subsequently delegated this authority to CDC. 

NIOSH implements this responsibility for 

CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 

2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, and 

will expire on August 3, 2011. 

Purpose: The Advisory Board is charged 

with (a) Providing advice to the Secretary, 

HHS, on the development of guidelines 

under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing 

advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 

scientific validity and quality of dose 

reconstruction efforts performed for this 

program; and (c) upon request by the 

Secretary, HHS, advise the Secretary on 

whether there is a class of employees at any 

Department of Energy facility who were 

exposed to radiation but for whom it is not 

feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and 

on whether there is reasonable likelihood 


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that such radiation doses may have 

endangered the health of members of this 

class. The Subcommittee for Dose 

Reconstruction Reviews was established to 

aid the Advisory Board in carrying out its 

duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose 

reconstruction. 

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the 

Subcommittee meeting includes: Selection of 

individual radiation dose reconstruction 

cases to be considered for review by the 

Procedures Subcommittee to evaluate the 

implementation of the Program Evaluation 

Report: OCAS–PER–012—Evaluation of 

Highly Insoluble Plutonium Compounds; 

discussion of dose reconstruction cases 

under review (sets 7–9); OCAS dose 

reconstruction quality management and 

assurance activities. 

The agenda is subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

In the event an individual cannot attend, 

written comments may be submitted. Any 

written comments received will be provided 

at the meeting and should be submitted to 

the contact person below well in advance of 

the meeting. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Theodore Katz, Executive Secretary, NIOSH, 

CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E–20, 

Atlanta GA 30333, Telephone (513) 533– 

6800, Toll Free 1 (800) CDC–INFO, E-mail 

ocas@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Dated: March 21, 2011. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–1583–N] 

Medicare Program; Solicitation of Two 

Nominations to the Advisory Panel on 

Ambulatory Payment Classification 

Groups 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits 

nominations of two new members to the 

Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment 

Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel). 

There will be two vacancies on the 

Panel as of September 30, 2011. 

The purpose of the Panel is to review 

the APC groups and their associated 

weights and to advise the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS), and the Administrator 

of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), concerning the clinical 

integrity of the APC groups and their 

associated weights. 

The Secretary rechartered the Panel in 

2010 for a 2-year period effective 

through November 21, 2012. 

DATES: Submission of Nominations: We 

will consider nominations if they are 

received no later than 5 p.m. (e.s.t.) May 

24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Please mail or hand deliver 

nominations to the following address: 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services; Attn: Paula Smith, Advisory 

Panel on APC Groups; Center for 

Medicare, Hospital & Ambulatory Policy 

Group, Division of Outpatient Care; 

7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop C4– 

05–17; Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

Web site: For additional information 

on the APC Panel and updates to the 

Panel’s activities, we refer readers to 

view our Web site at the following: 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/FACA/05_

AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatory

PaymentClassification

Groups.asp#TopOfPage. (Use control + 

click the mouse in order to access the 

previous URL.) (Note: There is an 

UNDERSCORE after FACA/05_; there is 

no space.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact: Persons wishing to nominate 

individuals to serve on the Panel or to 

obtain further information may also 

contact Paula Smith at the following email address: APCPanel@cms.hhs.gov or 

call 410–786–3985. 

Advisory Committees’ Information 

Lines: You may also refer to the CMS 

Federal Advisory Committee Hotlines at 

1–877–449–5659 (toll-free) or 410–786– 

9379 (local) for additional information. 

News Media: Representatives should 

contact the CMS Press Office at 202– 

690–6145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 

The Secretary is required by section 

1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act 

(the Act) to consult with an expert 

outside advisory panel regarding the 

clinical integrity of the APC groups and 

relative payment weights that are 

components of the Medicare Hospital 

Outpatient Prospective Payment System 

(OPPS). 

The Charter requires that the Panel 

meet up to three times annually. CMS 

considers the technical advice provided 

by the Panel as we prepare the proposed 

and final rules to update the OPPS for 

the next calendar year. 

The Panel may 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 

purposes of the Panel, consultants or 

independent contractors are not 

considered to be full-time employees in 

these organizations.) 

The current Panel members are as 

follows: (Note: The asterisk [*] indicates 

the Panel members whose terms end on 

September 30, 2011.) 

• E. L. Hambrick, M.D., J.D., Chair, a 

CMS Medical Officer 

• Ruth L. Bush, M.D., M.P.H. 

• Kari S. Cornicelli, C.P.A., FHFMA 

• Dawn L. Francis, M.D., M.H.S. 

• Kathleen Graham, R.N., M.S.H.A. 

• Patrick A. Grusenmeyer, Sc.D., 

FACHE * 

• David A. Halsey, M.D. 

• Brain D. Kavanagh, M.D., M.P.H. 

• Judith T. Kelly, B.S.H.A., RHIT, 

RHIA, CCS 

• Scott Manaker, M.D., PhD 

• John Marshall, CRA, RCC, RT 

• Agatha L. Nolan, D.Ph., M.S., 

FASHP * 

• Randall A. Oyer, M.D. 

• Daniel J. Pothen, M.S., RHIA, CHPS, 

CPHIMS, CCS, CCS–P, CHC 

• Gregory J. Przbylski, M.D. 

• Neville B. Sarkari, M.D., FACP 

Panel members serve 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 attempting to ensure, 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. 

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 

guidelines of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

II. Criteria for Nominees 

The Panel must be fairly balanced in 

its membership in terms of the points of 

view represented and the functions to 

be performed. Each Panel member must 


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