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CMS–10497 Evaluation of the Medicare 

Health Care Quality (MHCQ) 

Demonstration Evaluation: Focus 

Group and Interview Protocols 

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 

requires federal agencies to publish a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, CMS is publishing this 

notice. 

Information Collections 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New collection (Request for a 

new OMB control number); Title of 

Information Collection: Evaluation of 

the Medicare Health Care Quality 

(MHCQ) Demonstration Evaluation: 

Focus Group and Interview Protocols; 

Use: The Medicare Health Care Quality 

(MHCQ) Demonstration was developed 

to address concerns about the U.S. 

health care system, which typically 

fragments care while also encouraging 

both omissions in and duplication of 

care. To rectify this situation, Congress 

has directed the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) to test major 

changes to the delivery and payment 

systems to improve the quality of care 

while also increasing efficiency across 

the health care system. This would be 

achieved through several types of 

interventions: adoption and use of 

information technology and decision 

support tools by physicians and their 

patients, such as evidence-based 

medicine guidelines, best practice 

guidelines, and shared decision-making 

programs; reform of payment 

methodologies; improved coordination 

of care among payers and providers 

serving defined communities; 

measurement of outcomes; and 

enhanced cultural competence in the 

delivery of care. 

Section 1866C of the Social Security 

Act, as amended by Section 646 of the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, 

Improvement, and Modernization Act of 

2003 (Pub. L. 108–173), section 

1866C(b)), requires the Secretary of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services to establish a 5-year 

demonstration program under which the 

Secretary may approve demonstration 

projects that examine health delivery 

factors that encourage improved quality 

in patient care. This section also 

authorizes the Secretary to waive 

compliance with such requirements of 

Titles XI and XVIII of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) as 

may be necessary for the purposes of 

carrying out the demonstration project. 

The MHCQ Demonstration programs 

are designed to examine the extent to 

which major, multifaceted changes to 

traditional Medicare’s health delivery 

and financing systems lead to 

improvements in the quality of care 

provided to Medicare beneficiaries 

without increasing total program 

expenditures. Each demonstration site 

uses a different approach for changing 

health delivery and financing systems, 

but all share the goal of improving the 

quality and efficiency of medical care 

provided to Medicare beneficiaries. 

Focus groups and individual interviews 

will be conducted at 2 demonstration 

sites that are active in the 

demonstration: Gundersen Health 

System (GHS) and Meridian Health 

System (MHS). 

This MHCQ Demonstration evaluation 

will include analysis of both 

quantitative and qualitative sources of 

information. This multifaceted approach 

will enable this evaluation to consider 

a broad variety of evidence for 

evaluating the nature and impact of 

each site’s interventions. Form Number: 

CMS–10497 (OCN: 0938–NEW); 

Frequency: Occasionally; Affected 

Public: Individuals or households and 

Private sector (Not-for-profit 

organizations); Number of Respondents: 

36; Total Annual Responses: 36; Total 

Annual Hours: 108. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Normandy Brangan at 410–786– 

6640.). 

Dated: August 27, 2013. 

Martique Jones, 

Deputy Director, Regulations Development 

Group, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifiers: CMS–4040, CMS– 

10174, CMS–R–285, CMS–10166, CMS– 

10184, CMS–1572, CMS–10175, CMS–379 

and CMS–10336)] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, and to allow 

a second opportunity for public 

comment on the notice. Interested 

persons are invited to send comments 

regarding the burden estimate or any 

other aspect of this collection of 

information, including any of the 

following subjects: (1) The necessity and 

utility of the proposed information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

DATES: Comments on the collection(s) of 

information must be received by the 

OMB desk officer by September 30, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting on the 

proposed information collections, 

please reference the document identifier 

or OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be received by 

the OMB desk officer via one of the 

following transmissions: OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax 

Number: (202) 395–6974 OR Email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ Web site address at 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

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2. Email your request, including your 

address, phone number, OMB number, 

and CMS document identifier, to 

Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov. 

3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at 

(410) 786–1326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786– 

1326. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal Agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. The term ‘‘collection of 

information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and 

includes agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)) requires federal agencies 

to publish a 30-day notice in the 

Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension or 

reinstatement of an existing collection 

of information, before submitting the 

collection to OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, CMS is 

publishing this notice that summarizes 

the following proposed collection(s) of 

information for public comment: 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: Request 

for Enrollment in Supplementary 

Medical Insurance; Use: Form CMS– 

4040 (and CMS–4040SP) is used to 

establish entitlement to and enrollment 

in Medicare Part B for beneficiaries who 

file for Part B only. The collected 

information is used to determine 

entitlement for individuals who meet 

the requirements in section 1836(2) of 

the Social Security Act as well as the 

entitlement of the applicant or their 

spouses to an annuity paid by OPM for 

premium deduction purposes. Form 

Number: CMS–4040 (OCN: 0938–0245); 

Frequency: Once; Affected Public: 

Individuals or households; Number of 

Respondents: 10,000; Total Annual 

Responses: 10,000; Total Annual Hours: 

2,500. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Lindsay Smith at 

410–786–6843.) 

2. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Collection of Prescription Drug Event 

Data from Contracted Part D Providers 

for Payment; Use: The information users 

would include Pharmacy Benefit 

Managers, third party administrators 

and pharmacies and prescription drug 

plans, Medicare Advantage plans that 

offer integrated prescription drug and 

health care coverage, Fallbacks and 

other plans that offer coverage of 

outpatient prescription drugs under the 

Medicare Part D benefit to Medicare 

beneficiaries. The data is used primarily 

for payment, but is also used for claim 

validation as well as for other legislated 

functions such as quality monitoring, 

program integrity, and oversight. Form 

Number: CMS–10174 (OCN: 0938– 

0982); Frequency: Monthly; Affected 

Public: Private sector (business or other 

for-profits and not-for-profit 

institutions); Number of Respondents: 

747; Total Annual Responses: 

947,881,770; Total Annual Hours: 1,896. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Ivan Iveljic at 410– 

786–3312.) 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: Request 

for Retirement Benefit Information; Use: 

Section 1818(d)(5) of the Social Security 

Act provides that former state and local 

government employees (who are age 65 

or older, have been entitled to Premium 

Part A for at least 7 years, and did not 

have the premium paid for by a state, a 

political subdivision of a state, or an 

agency or instrumentality of one or 

more states or political subdivisions) 

may have the Part A premium reduced 

to zero. These individuals must also 

have 10 years of employment with the 

state or local government employer or a 

combination of 10 years of employment 

with a state or local government 

employer and a non-government 

employer. Form CMS–R–285 is an 

essential part of the process of 

determining whether an individual 

qualifies for the premium reduction. 

The Social Security Administration will 

use this information to help determine 

whether a beneficiary meets the 

requirements for reduction of the Part A 

premium. Form Number: CMS–R–285 

(OCN: 0938–0769); Frequency: Once; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

500; Total Annual Responses: 500; Total 

Annual Hours: 125. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Lindsay Smith at 410–786– 

6843.) 

4. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement of a previously 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Payment Error 

Rate Measurement in Medicaid & 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

(CHIP); Use: The Improper Payments 

Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 as 

amended by the Improper Payments 

Elimination and Recovery Improvement 

Act (IPERIA) of 2012 requires CMS to 

produce national error rates for 

Medicaid and Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). To comply 

with the IPIA, we will engage a Federal 

contractor to produce the error rates in 

Medicaid and CHIP. The error rates for 

Medicaid and CHIP are calculated based 

on the reviews on three components of 

both Medicaid and CHIP program. They 

are: Fee-for-service claims medical 

reviews and data processing reviews, 

managed care claims data-processing 

reviews, and eligibility reviews. Each of 

the review components collects 

different types of information, and the 

state-specific error rates for each of the 

review components will be used to 

calculate an overall state-specific error 

rate, and the individual state-specific 

error rates will be used to produce a 

national error rate for Medicaid and 

CHIP. The states will be requested to 

submit, at their option, test data which 

include full claims details to the 

contractor prior to the quarterly 

submissions to detect potential 

problems in the dataset to and ensure 

the quality of the data. These states will 

be required to submit quarterly claims 

data to the contractor who will pull a 

statistically valid random sample, each 

quarter, by strata, so that medical and 

data processing reviews can be 

performed. State-specific error rates will 

be based on these review results. We 

need to collect the fee-for-service claims 

data, medical policies, and other 

information from states as well as 

medical records from providers in order 

for the contractor to sample and review 

adjudicated claims in those states 

selected for medical reviews and data 

processing reviews. Based on the 

reviews, state-specific error rates will be 

calculated which will serve as part of 

the basis for calculating national 

Medicaid and CHIP error rates. Form 

Number: CMS–10166 (OCN: 0938– 

0974); Frequency: Yearly, Quarterly; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments; Number of Respondents: 

34; Total Annual Responses: 1650; Total 

Annual Hours: 56,100. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Monetha Dockery at 410–786– 

0155.) 

5. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement with a change of 

a previously approved collection; Title 

of Information Collection: Eligibility 

Error Rate Measurement in Medicaid 

and the Children’s Health Insurance 

Program; Use: The Improper Payments 

Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 requires 

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Medicaid and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). To comply 

with the IPIA, we will use a national 

contracting strategy to produce error 

rates for Medicaid and CHIP fee-forservice and managed care improper 

payments. The federal contractor will 

review States on a rotational basis so 

that each State will be measured for 

improper payments, in each program, 

once and only once every three years. 

Subsequent to the first publication, 

we determined that we will measure 

Medicaid and CHIP in the same State. 

Therefore, States will measure Medicaid 

and CHIP eligibility in the same year 

measured for fee-for-service and 

managed care. We believe this approach 

will advantage States through 

economies of scale (e.g. administrative 

ease and shared staffing for both 

programs reviews). We also determined 

that interim case completion timeframes 

and reporting are critical to the integrity 

of the reviews and to keep the reviews 

on schedule to produce a timely error 

rate. Lastly, the sample sizes were 

increased slightly in order to produce an 

equal sample size per strata each month. 

Each month States submit a monthly 

sample selection list, eligibility review 

findings for active and negative cases 

and claims review findings. At the end 

of the cycle, States would have 

submitted 48 forms. We are submitting 

a new instrument in which we compile 

all of the information from the 48 forms 

into a format that will allow States to 

submit 12 forms for 12 months of 

eligibility data. This form will also serve 

either of the data substitution options. 

Periodically, we will conduct Federal 

re-reviews of States’ PERM files to 

ensure the accuracy of States’ review 

findings and the validity of the review 

process. We will select a random 

subsample of Medicaid and CHIP cases 

from the sample selection lists provided 

by each State. States will submit all 

pertinent information related to the 

review of each sampled case that is we 

select. Form Number: CMS–10184 

(OCN: 0938–1012); Frequency: Yearly 

and Quarterly Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments; Number 

of Respondents: 34; Total Annual 

Responses: 120; Total Annual Hours: 

15,755. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Monetha Dockery 

at 410–786–0155.) 

6. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Home Health 

Agency Survey and Deficiencies Report; 

Use: In order to participate in the 

Medicare Program as a Home Health 

Agency (HHA) provider, the HHA must 

meet federal standards. This form is 

used to record information and patients’ 

health and provider compliance with 

requirements and to report the 

information to the federal government. 

Form Number: CMS–1572 (OCN: 0938– 

0355); Frequency: Yearly; Affected 

Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Number of Respondents: 

3,830; Total Annual Responses: 3,830; 

Total Annual Hours: 958. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Patricia Sevast at 410–786– 

8135.) 

7. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Certification 

Statement for Electronic File 

Interchange Organizations; Use: Health 

care providers can currently obtain a 

National Provider Identifier (NPI) via a 

paper application or over the Internet 

through the National Plan and Provider 

Enumeration System (NPPES). These 

applications must be submitted 

individually, on a per-provider basis. 

The Electronic File Interchange (EFI) 

process allows provider-designated 

organizations (EFIOs) to capture 

multiple providers’ NPI application 

information on a single electronic file 

for submission to NPPES. This process 

is also referred to as bulk enumeration. 

To ensure that the EFIO has the 

authority to act on behalf of each 

provider and complies with other 

federal requirements, an authorized 

official of the EFIO must sign a 

certification statement and mail it to us. 

Form Number: CMS–10175 (OCN: 

0938–0984). Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: Private Sector; Number 

of Respondents: 25; Total Annual 

Responses: 25; Total Annual Hours: 75. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Leslie Jones at 410– 

786–6599.). 

8. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement without change 

of a previously approved collection; 

Title of Information Collection: 

Financial Statement of Debtor and 

Supporting Regulations; Use: The Form 

CMS–379 is used to collect financial 

information which is needed to evaluate 

requests from physicians and suppliers 

to pay indebtedness under an extended 

repayment schedule, or to compromise 

a debt less than the full amount. 

Normally, when a Medicare 

Administrative Contractor (MAC) 

overpays a physician or supplier, the 

overpayment is associated with a single 

claim, and the amount of the 

overpayment is moderate. In these 

cases, the physician/supplier usually 

refunds the overpaid amount in a lump 

sum. Alternatively, the MAC may 

recoup the overpaid amount against 

future payments. A recoupment is the 

recovery by Medicare of any 

outstanding Medicare debt by reducing 

present or future Medicare payments 

and applying the amount withheld to 

the indebtedness. The recoupment can 

be made only if the physician or 

supplier accepts assignment since the 

MAC makes payment to the physician 

or supplier only on assigned claims. 

Sometimes, however, an overpayment 

to a physician or supplier is 

exceptionally large, and it cannot be 

recovered in the normal fashion. The 

large overpayment usually results from 

aberrant billing practices, such as billing 

for more expensive services than were 

rendered. This could be discovered 

during routine review of a statistically 

valid sample of claims. The physician or 

supplier may be unable to refund a large 

overpaid amount in a single payment. 

The MAC cannot recover the 

overpayment by recoupment if the 

physician/supplier does not accept 

assignment of future claims, or is not 

expected to file future claims because of 

going out of business, illness or death. 

In these unusual circumstances, the 

MAC has authority to approve or deny 

extended repayment schedules up to 12 

months, or may recommend to that we 

approve up to 60 months. Before the 

MAC takes these actions, the MAC will 

require full documentation of the 

physician’s or supplier’s financial 

situation. Thus, the physician or 

supplier must complete Form CMS–379. 

Form Number: CMS–379 (OCN: 0938– 

0270); Frequency: Occasionally; 

Affected Public: Private sector (business 

or other for-profits); Number of 

Respondents: 500; Total Annual 

Responses: 500; Total Annual Hours: 

1,000. (For policy questions regarding 

this collection contact Ronke Fabayo at 

410–786–4460.) 

9. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Medicare and 

Medicaid Programs: Electronic Health 

Record Incentive Program; Use: The 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111– 

5) was enacted on February 17, 2009. 

The Recovery Act includes many 

measures to modernize our nation’s 

infrastructure, and improve affordable 

health care. Expanded use of health 

information technology (HIT) and 

certified electronic health record (EHR) 

technology will improve the quality and 

value of America’s health care. Title IV 

of Division B of the Recovery Act 

amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the 

Social Security Act (the Act) by 

establishing incentive payments to 

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hospitals and critical access hospitals 

(CAHs), and Medicare Advantage (MA) 

organizations participating in the 

Medicare and Medicaid programs that 

adopt and successfully demonstrate 

meaningful use of certified EHR 

technology. These Recovery Act 

provisions, together with Title XIII of 

Division A of the Recovery Act, may be 

cited as the ‘‘Health Information 

Technology for Economic and Clinical 

Health Act’’ or the ‘‘HITECH Act.’’ 

The HITECH Act creates incentive 

programs for EPs and eligible hospitals, 

including CAHs, in the Medicare Feefor-Service (FFS), MA, and Medicaid 

programs that successfully demonstrate 

meaningful use of certified EHR 

technology. In their first payment year, 

Medicaid EPs and eligible hospitals may 

adopt, implement or upgrade to certified 

EHR technology. It also, provides for 

payment adjustments in the Medicare 

FFS and MA programs starting in FY 

2015 for EPs and eligible hospitals 

participating in Medicare that are not 

meaningful users of certified EHR 

technology. These payment adjustments 

do not pertain to Medicaid providers. 

The first final rule for the Medicare 

and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on July 28, 2010 (CMS–0033– 

F), specified the initial criteria EPs, 

eligible hospitals and CAHs, and MA 

organizations must meet in order to 

qualify for incentive payments; 

calculation of incentive payment 

amounts; payment adjustments under 

Medicare for covered professional 

services and inpatient hospital services 

provided by EPs, eligible hospitals and 

CAHs failing to demonstrate meaningful 

use of certified EHR technology 

beginning in 2015; and other program 

participation requirements. On the same 

date, the Office of the National 

Coordinator of Health Information 

Technology (ONC) issued a closely 

related final rule (45 CFR part 170, RIN 

0991–AB58) that specified the initial set 

of standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria 

for certified EHR technology. ONC has 

also issued a separate final rule on the 

establishment of certification programs 

for health information technology (HIT) 

(45 CFR part 170, RIN 0991–AB59). The 

functionality of certified EHR 

technology should facilitate the 

implementation of meaningful use. 

Subsequently, final rules have been 

issued by CMS (77 FR 53968) and ONC 

(77 FR 72985) to create a Stage 2 of 

meaningful use criteria and other 

changes to the CMS EHR Incentive 

Programs and the 2014 Edition 

Certification Criteria for EHR 

technology. 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this 

information collection request are 

needed to implement the HITECH Act. 

In order to avoid duplicate payments, 

all EPs are enumerated through their 

National Provider Identifier (NPI), while 

all eligible hospitals and CAHs are 

enumerated through their CMS 

Certification Number (CCN). State 

Medicaid agencies and CMS use the 

provider’s tax identification number and 

NPI or CCN combination in order to 

make payment, validate payment 

eligibility and detect and prevent 

duplicate payments for EPs, eligible 

hospitals and CAHs. Form Number: 

CMS–10336 (OCN: 0938–1158); 

Frequency: Occasionally; Affected 

Public: Private sector; Number of 

Respondents: 214,694; Total Annual 

Responses: 214,694; Total Annual 

Hours: 2,034,740. (For policy questions 

regarding this collection contact Travis 

Broome at 214–767–4450.) 

Dated: August 27, 2013. 

Martique Jones, 

Deputy Director, Regulations Development 

Group, Office of Strategic Operations and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–7030–N] 

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of 

the Advisory Panel on Outreach and 

Education 

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 Medicare, 

Medicaid and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting 

is open to the public. 

DATES: Meeting Date: Monday, 

September 16, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). 

Deadline for Meeting Registration, 

Presentations and Comments: Monday, 

September 9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST. 

Deadline for Requesting Special 

Accommodations: Monday, September 

9, 2013, 5:00 p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: Sheraton 

Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. 

Presentations and Written Comments: 

Kirsten Knutson, Acting 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. Knutson via email at 

mailto:Kirsten.Knutson@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 at the 

Web site http://events.SignUp4.com/

APOESEPT2013MTG or 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: 

Kirsten Knutson, (410) 786–5886. 

Additional information about the APOE 

is available on the Internet at: http://

www.cms.gov/Regulations-and 

Guidance/Guidance/FACA/APOE.html. 

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 


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