Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 247 / Thursday, December 27, 2018 / Proposed Rules 66661 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

42 CFR Part 422 

[CMS–4185–N] 

RIN 0938–AT59 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Risk 

Adjustment Data Validation 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: This document only extends 

the comment period for the Risk 

Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) 

provisions of the proposed rule titled 

‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Policy and Technical Changes to the 

Medicare Advantage, Medicare 

Prescription Drug Benefit, Program of 

All-inclusive Care for the Elderly 

(PACE), Medicaid Fee-For-Service, and 

Medicaid Managed Care Programs for 

Years 2020 and 2021’’ that was 

published in the November 1, 2018 

Federal Register. The comment period 

for the RADV provision of this proposed 

rule, which would end on December 31, 

2018, is extended by 120 days until 

April 30, 2019. 

The comment period for all other 

provisions of the November 1, 2018 

proposed rule ends on December 31, 

2018. 

DATES: In the proposed rule published 

November 1, 2018 (83 FR 54982), the 

comment period for RADV provisions 

(that is, section II.C.2. of the proposed 

rule and proposed § 422.300, 422.310(e) 

and 422.311(a) of the regulations text) is 

extended to 5 p.m. on April 30, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, please refer 

to file code CMS–4185–P. Because of 

staff and resource limitations, we cannot 

accept comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. 

Comments, including mass comment 

submissions, must be submitted in one 

of the following three ways (please 

choose only one of the ways listed): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments on this regulation 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

CMS–4185–P, P.O. Box 8013, Baltimore, 

MD 21244–8013. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments to the 

following address ONLY: Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Attention: CMS–4185–P, Mail 

Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

For information on viewing public 

comments, see the beginning of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Smith (410) 786–4671 or 

Joanne Davis (410) 786–5127. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inspection 

of Public Comments: All comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period are available for 

viewing by the public, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. We post all comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period on the following 

website as soon as possible after they 

have been received: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the search 

instructions on that website to view 

public comments. 

Extension of the Public Comment 

Period 

In the November 1, 2018 proposed 

rule (83 FR 54982) titled, ‘‘Medicare and 

Medicaid Programs; Policy and 

Technical Changes to the Medicare 

Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug 

Benefit, Program of All-inclusive Care 

for the Elderly (PACE), Medicaid FeeFor-Service, and Medicaid Managed 

Care Programs for Years 2020 and 

2021,’’ we included preamble language 

and regulatory provisions regarding the 

proposed Risk Adjustment Data 

Validation audit methodology and the 

proposal not to apply a Fee-For-Service 

(FFS) Adjuster. We posted a FFS 

Adjuster Study on October 26, 2018. We 

plan to release data underlying this 

study. 

In order to maximize the opportunity 

for the public to provide meaningful 

input to CMS, we believe it is important 

to allow additional time for the public 

to prepare comments on the RADV 

provisions of the proposed rule. In 

addition, we believe granting a 120-day 

extension to the public comment period 

in this instance would further our 

overall objective to obtain public input 

and to generate information that will be 

useful to our agency’s decision makers. 

Therefore, this document announces the 

extension of the public comment period 

until April 30, 2019 for the RADV 

provisions included in the November 1, 

2018 proposed rule (83 FR 55037 

through 55041 and 55077). 

Dated: December 19, 2018. 

Seema Verma, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28070 Filed 12–20–18; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 1 and 73 

[MB Docket No. 17–289; Report No. 3110] 

Petition for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Petition for Reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: A Petition for Reconsideration 

(Petition) has been filed in the 

Commission’s rulemaking proceeding 

by Donald J. Evans, on behalf of Red 

Brennan Group. 

DATES: Oppositions to the Petition must 

be filed on or before January 11, 2019. 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

on or before January 22, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Clark, email: 

Christopher.Clark@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document, Report No. 3110, released 

December 18, 2018. The full text of the 

Petition is available for viewing and 

copying at the FCC Reference 

Information Center, 445 12th Street SW, 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

It also may be accessed online via the 

Commission’s Electronic Comment 

Filing System at: http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. The Commission will not send a 

Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

submission to Congress or the 

Government Accountability Office 

pursuant to the CRA, 5 U.S.C. because 

no rules are being adopted by the 

Commission. 

Subject: Rules and Policies to Promote 

New Entry and Ownership Diversity in 

the Broadcasting Services, MB Docket 

No. 17–289, FCC 18–114, published at 

83 FR 43773, August 28, 2018. This 

document is being published pursuant 

to 47 CFR 1.429(e). See also 47 CFR 

1.4(b)(1) and 1.429(f), (g). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 


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