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Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. Those who wish to 

attend are encouraged to register with the 

contact person listed below. If you will 

require a sign language interpretator, or have 

other special needs, please notify the contact 

person by 4:30 E.S.T. on July 18, 2011. 

Purpose: The Interagency Committee on 

Smoking and Health advises the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human Services, 

and the Assistant Secretary for Health in the 

(a) coordination of all research and education 

programs and other activities within the 

Department and with other federal, state, 

local and private agencies and (b) 

establishment and maintenance of liaison 

with appropriate private entities, Federal 

agencies, and State and local public health 

agencies with respect to smoking and health 

activities. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The topic of the 

meeting will be ‘‘Tobacco-Use Cessation: 

Emerging Interventions and Innovations.’’ 

The meeting will focus on emerging and 

innovative practices to expand access to and 

improve the effectiveness of tobacco-use 

cessation interventions in areas such as lowincome smokers and smokers suffering from 

mental disease. Panel discussions will be 

held to highlight Federal, State and local 

efforts in place to address these disparities. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Substantive program information as well as 

summaries of the meeting and roster of 

committee members may be obtained from 

the Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco 

mid-September 2011 or the contact person 

listed below. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Monica L. Swann, Management and Program 

Analyst, Office on Smoking and Health, CDC, 

4770 Buford Highway, Mailstop: K–50, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30341, Telephone: (770) 

488–5278. 

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: June 16, 2011. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Service 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–7021–N] 

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of 

the Advisory Panel on Outreach and 

Education (APOE) July 28, 2011 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting 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 Health and Human 

Services and the Administrator of the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services on opportunities to enhance 

the effectiveness of consumer education 

strategies concerning the Medicare, 

Medicaid, and Children’s Health 

Insurance (CHIP) programs. This 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: Meeting Date: Thursday, July 28, 

2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Eastern 

Daylight Time (E.D.T.). 

Deadline for Meeting Registration, 

Presentations and Comments: Thursday, 

July 14, 2011, 5 p.m., E.D.T. 

Deadline for Requesting Special 

Accommodations: Thursday, July 14, 

2011, 5 p.m., E.D.T. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: Hilton 

Washington Hotel Embassy Row, 2015 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Meeting Registration, Presentations, 

and Written Comments: Jennifer 

Kordonski, Designated Federal Official 

(DFO), Division of Forum and 

Conference Development, Office of 

Communications, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Mailstop S1–13–05, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850 or contact 

Ms. Kordonski via e-mail at 

Jennifer.Kordonski@cms.hhs.gov. 

Registration: The meeting is open to 

the public, but attendance is limited to 

the space available. Persons wishing to 

attend this meeting must register by 

contacting the DFO at the address listed 

in the ADDRESSES section of this notice 

or by telephone at number 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 the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice by the 

date listed in the DATES section of this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Kordonski, (410) 786–1840, or 

on the Internet at http://www.cms.gov/ 

FACA/04_APOE.asp for additional 

information and updates on committee 

activities. Press inquiries are handled 

through the CMS Press Office at 

(202) 690–6145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), this notice announces a 

meeting of the Advisory Panel on 

Outreach and Education (APOE) (the 

Panel). Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act authorizes the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(the Secretary) to establish an advisory 

panel if the Secretary determines that 

the panel is ‘‘in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed * * * by law.’’ Such 

duties are imposed by section 1804 of 

the Social Security Act (the Act), 

requiring the Secretary to provide 

informational materials to Medicare 

beneficiaries about the Medicare 

program, and section 1851(d) of the Act, 

requiring the Secretary to provide for 

‘‘activities * * * to broadly disseminate 

information to [M]edicare beneficiaries 

* * * on the coverage options provided 

under [Medicare Advantage] in order to 

promote an active, informed selection 

among such options.’’ 

The Panel is also 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 signed the charter establishing 

this Panel on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 

7899, February 17, 1999) and approved 

the renewal of the charter on January 21, 

2011 (76 FR 11782, March 3, 2011). 

Pursuant to the amended charter, the 

Panel advises and makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

concerning 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). 

• Informing Medicare, Medicaid and 

CHIP consumers, providers and 

stakeholders pursuant to education and 

outreach initiatives about the 

availability of other health coverage that 

may be available to them (for example, 

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in 2014), 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 Medicare, Medicaid, 

and CHIP education programs. 

• Assembling and sharing an 

information base of ‘‘best practices’’ for 

helping consumers evaluate health plan 

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 health care reform. 

The current members of the Panel are: 

Samantha Artiga, Principal Policy 

Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation; 

Joseph Baker, President, Medicare 

Rights Center; Marjorie Cadogan, 

Executive Deputy Commissioner, 

Department of Social Services; Jonathan 

Dauphine, Senior Vice President, AARP; 

Jason Dollarhide, Deputy Executive 

Director, Housing Authority of the 

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director, 

Boston Public Health Commission; 

Shelby Gonzales, Senior Health 

Outreach Associate, Center on Budget & 

Policy Priorities; Richard Frank, 

Director, Whittingham Cancer Center; 

Jan Henning, Benefits Counseling & 

Special Projects Coordinator, North 

Central Texas Council of Governments’ 

Area Agency on Aging; Deeana Jang, 

Policy Director, Asian and Pacific 

Islander American Health Forum; 

Warren Jones, Executive Director, 

Mississippi Institute for Improvement of 

Geographic Minority Health; Madeline 

Lawson, President and Chief Executive 

Officer, Institute for the Advancement of 

Multicultural & Minority Medicine; 

John Lui, Executive Director, Stout 

Vocational Rehabilitation Institute; 

Sandy Markwood, Chief Executive 

Officer, National Association of Area 

Agencies on Aging; Miriam MobleySmith, Dean, Chicago State University, 

College of Pharmacy; Ana NatalePereira, Associate Professor of 

Medicine, University of Medicine & 

Dentistry of New Jersey; Megan Padden, 

Vice President, Sentara Health Plans; 

David W. Roberts, Vice-President, 

Healthcare Information and 

Management System Society; Julie 

Bode ̈n Schmidt, Associate Vice 

President, National Association of 

Community Health Centers; Winston 

Wong, Medical Director, Community 

Benefit Director, Kaiser Permanente and 

Donna Yee, Chief Executive Officer, 

Asian Community Center of Sacramento 

Valley. 

The agenda for the July 28, 2011 

meeting will include the following: 

• Welcome and Listening Session 

with CMS Leadership. 

• Swearing in of new members. 

• Recap of the previous (October 13, 

2010) meeting. 

• Medicare, Medicaid & CHIP 

Outreach & Education Strategies. 

• An opportunity for public 

comment. 

• 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 a 

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). 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.733, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance Program; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program). 

Dated: June 16, 2011. 

Donald M. Berwick, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

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Medicare Program; Second SemiAnnual Meeting of the Advisory Panel 

on Ambulatory Payment Classification 

Groups—August 10, 2011 Through 

August 12, 2011 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

second semi-annual meeting of the 

Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment 

Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel) 

for 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) (the 

Secretary) and the Administrator of the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) (the Administrator) 

concerning the clinical integrity of the 

APC groups and their associated 

weights. We will consider the Panel’s 

advice as we prepare the final rule that 

would update the hospital Outpatient 

Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for 

CY 2012. 

DATES: Meeting Dates: We are 

scheduling the second semi-annual 

meeting in 2011 for the following dates 

and times: 

• Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. eastern standard time 

(e.s.t.) 1

• Thursday, August 11, 2011, 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. (e.s.t.) 1

• Friday, August 12, 2011, 8 a.m. to 

12 Noon (e.s.t.) 2

Note: 1The times listed in this notice are 

approximate times; consequently, the 

meetings may last longer than listed in this 

notice, but will not begin before the posted 

times. 2 If the Panel’s business concludes on 

Thursday, August, 11, 2011, there will be no 

meeting on Friday, August, 12, 2011. 

Deadlines 

Deadline for Hardcopy Comments 

and electronic format suggested agenda 

topics—5 p.m. (e.s.t.), Friday, July 15, 

2011. 

Deadline for Hardcopy Presentations, 

including the required electronic 

documents as discussed below—5 p.m. 

(e.s.t.), Friday, July 15, 2011. 

Deadline for Attendance 

Registration—5 p.m. (e.s.t.), Wednesday, 

July 27, 2011. 

Deadline for Special 

Accommodations—5 p.m. (e.s.t.), 

Wednesday, July 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Auditorium, the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

Central Office, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula Smith, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), CMS, CMM, HAPG, DOC, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Mail Stop C4–05– 

17, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. Phone: 

(410) 786–3985. 

Note: We recommend that you advise 

couriers of the following information: When 


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