Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 110 / Wednesday, June 7, 2000 / Notices 36145

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Planning and Evaluation

[Account Number: 4151–04]

Technical Review Panel on the

Medicare Trustees Reports; Notice of

June 28–29 Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice of June 28–29 meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, this notice announces the first

meeting of the Technical Review Panel

on the Medicare Trustees Reports (the

Panel). This meeting is open to the

public.

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463 (the

Federal Advisory Committee Act), the

Panel was established on August 12,

1999, by the Secretary of HHS to review

the methods and assumptions

underlying the annual reports of the

Board of Trustees of the Hospital

Insurance and Supplementary Medical

Insurance Trust Funds.

DATES: The first meeting will be held on

June 28, 2000 (11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)

and June 29, 2000 (9:00 a.m. to 1:00

p.m.).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA) Headquarters,

Training Center Room C–101, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ariel Winter, Executive Director,

Technical Review Panel on the

Medicare Trustees Reports, Department

of Health and Human Services, Room

442E, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC, 20201, (202) 690–6860,

medpanel@osaspe.dhhs.gov. Additional

information is also available on the

Panel’s web site: http://aspe.hhs.gov/

health/medpanel.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

of Trustees of the Medicare Trust Funds

(the Hospital Insurance (HI) and

Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI)

Trust Funds) report annually on the

funds’ financial condition. The reports

describe the trust funds’ current and

projected financial condition, within the

next 10 years (the short term) and over

the subsequent 65 years (the long term).

The Medicare Board of Trustees has

directed the Secretary of Health and

Human Services (who is one of the

Trustees) to establish a panel of

technical experts to review the

assumptions and methods underlying

the HI and SMI annual reports.

The panel’s review will include the

following four topics:

1. Medicare assumptions (e.g.,

utilization rates, medical price

increases).

2. Projection methodology (how

assumptions are used to make cost

projections).

3. Long-range growth assumptions for

HI and SMI.

4. Use of stochastic forecasting

techniques.

The Panel will issue its findings in

reports to the Secretary and the other

Trustees.

The Panel will consist of seven

members who are experts in the fields

of economics and actuarial science. The

following individuals will be sworn in

as members at the first meeting: Len

Nichols, Ph.D.; David Cutler, Ph.D.;

Michael Chernew, Ph.D.; Dale

Yamamoto, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., F.C.C.A.,

E.A., B.S.; James Robinson, F.S.A.,

M.A.A.A., Ph.D.; Alice Rosenblatt,

F.S.A., M.A.A.A., M.A.; and Sam

Gutterman, F.S.A., F.C.A.S., M.A.A.A.,

M.A. (the chair-designate). The

members’ terms will end August 12,

2001.

The first meeting of the Panel is

scheduled for June 28, 2000 (11:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m.), and June 29, 2000 (9:00

a.m. to 1:00 p.m.). The meeting will be

held at the Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA) Headquarters,

Training Center, Room C–101, 7500

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland. The meeting is open to the

public, but attendance is limited to the

space available. There will also be an

executive session on June 28 from 9:00

a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for the swearing-in of

Panel members. This session will be

closed to the public.

At this meeting, the members will

discuss the Panel’s scope of work.

HCFA’s Office of the Actuary will make

presentations to the Panel on how the

estimates in the Medicare Trustees’

Reports are developed. Specific

presentation topics may include: the HI

and SMI benefits and income models,

measures of actuarial soundness, and

health care utilization assumptions.

Individuals or organizations that wish

to make 5-minute oral presentations on

the agenda issues mentioned in this

notice should contact the Executive

Director by 12 noon on June 12, 2000.

The number of oral presentations may

be limited to the time available. A

written copy of the presenters’ oral

remarks should be submitted to the

Executive Director no later than 12

noon, June 19, 2000, for distribution to

the Panel members.

Any interested member of the public

may submit written comments to the

Executive Director and Panel members

for review. Comments should be

received by the Executive Director by 12

noon, June 19, 2000, for distribution to

the Panel members.

Individuals requiring sign language

interpretation for the hearing impaired

and/or other special accommodation,

should contact Ariel Winter at (202)

690–6860 by June 16, 2000.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Margaret A. Hamburg,

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 00062]

Postdoctoral Fellowship Training

Program in Infectious Diseases; Notice

of Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for Postdoctoral Fellowship

Training Programs in Infectious

Diseases. CDC is committed to achieving

the health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2010,’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the focus

area of Immunization and Infectious

Disease.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to assist recipients in the

development and implementation of a

two- to three-year Postdoctoral

Fellowship Training Program in

Infectious Diseases (PFTP) which

provides a combination of clinical

training and basic laboratory or

epidemiologic training in infectious

diseases. The goal is to improve the

ability of the U.S. public health system

to respond to the problem of infectious

diseases by increasing the number of

academic infectious disease physicians

with demonstrated skills in the public

health aspects of infectious diseases and

to provide them with the essential,

pertinent clinical and research skills.

PFTPs should be implemented as new

distinct fellowship positions/tracks in

recipient’s existing infectious disease