10694 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 39 / Friday, February 27, 2015 / Notices 

• Purpose of Visit. 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

Marilyn Tavenner, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–7035–N] 

Health Insurance Marketplace, 

Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s 

Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of 

the Advisory Panel on Outreach and 

Education (APOE), March 19, 2015 

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 the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) and 

the Administrator of the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on 

opportunities to enhance the 

effectiveness of consumer education 

strategies concerning the Health 

Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, 

Medicaid, and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). This meeting 

is open to the public. 

DATES: Meeting Date: Thursday, March 

19, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. eastern 

standard time (e.s.t.). 

Deadline for Meeting Registration, 

Presentations and Comments: Thursday, 

March 5, 2015, 5:00 p.m., e.s.t. 

Deadline for Requesting Special 

Accommodations: Thursday, March 5, 

2015, 5:00 p.m., e.s.t. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: U.S. 

Department of Health & Human 

Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 

200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

738 G, Conference Room, Washington, 

DC 20201. 

Presentations and Written Comments: 

Abigail Huffman, 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. Huffman via email at 

Abigail.Huffman1@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 https://www.regonline.com/ 

apoemar2015meeting 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: 

Abigail Huffman, (410) 786–0897. 

Additional information about the APOE 

is available on the Internet at: http:// 

www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/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 the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) (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 

the Panel on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 

7899, February 17, 1999) and approved 

the renewal of the charter on December 

18, 2012 (78 FR 32661, May 31, 2013). 

The Affordable Care Act (Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act, 

Pub. L. 111 148 and Health Care and 

Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 

Pub. L. 111–152) expanded the 

availability of other options for health 

care coverage and enacted a number of 

changes to Medicare as well as to 

Medicaid and the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program (CHIP). Qualified 

individuals and qualified employers are 

now able to purchase private health 

insurance coverage through competitive 

marketplace called Affordable Insurance 

Exchange, (also called Health Insurance 

Marketplace, or ‘‘Marketplace’’). In 

order to effectively implement and 

administer these changes, we must 

provide information to consumers, 

providers and other stakeholders 

pursuant to education and outreach 

programs regarding how these programs 

will change and the expanded range of 

health coverage options available, 

including private health insurance 

coverage through the Marketplace. The 

APOE allows us to consider a broad 

range of views and information from 

interested audiences in connection with 

this effort and to identify opportunities 

to enhance the effectiveness of 

education strategies concerning the 

Affordable Care Act. 

This FACA group also advises on 

issues pertaining to education of 

providers and stakeholders with respect 

to the Affordable Care Act and certain 

provisions of the Health Information 

Technology for Economic and Clinical 

Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). 

Pursuant to the amended charter, the 

Panel advises and makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

HHS 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), or 

health coverage available through the 

Health Insurance Marketplace. 

• Enhancing the federal government’s 

effectiveness in informing Health 

Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, 

Medicaid, and CHIP consumers, issuers, 

providers, and stakeholders pursuant to 

education and outreach programs of 

issues regarding these and other health 

coverage programs, 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 Health Insurance 

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Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and 

CHIP education programs. 

• Assembling and sharing an 

information base of ‘‘best practices’’ for 

helping consumers evaluate health 

coverage 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 the Affordable Care 

Act. 

The current members of the Panel are: 

Samantha Artiga, Principal Policy 

Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation; 

Joseph Baker, President, Medicare 

Rights Center; Kellan Baker, Senior 

Fellow, Center for American Progress; 

Philip Bergquist, Manager, Health 

Center Operations, Children’s Health 

Insurance Program Reauthorization Act 

(CHIPRA) Outreach & Enrollment 

Project and Director, Michigan Primary 

Care Association; Marjorie Cadogan, 

Executive Deputy Commissioner, 

Department of Social Services; Jonathan 

Dauphine, Senior Vice President, AARP; 

Barbara Ferrer, Chief Strategy Officer, 

W. K. Kellogg Foundation; Shelby 

Gonzales, Senior Health Outreach 

Associate, Center on Budget & Policy 

Priorities; Jan Henning, Benefits 

Counseling & Special Projects 

Coordinator, North Central Texas 

Council of Governments’ Area Agency 

on Aging; Louise Knight, Director, The 

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer 

Center at Johns Hopkins; Miriam 

Mobley-Smith, Dean, Chicago State 

University, College of Pharmacy; Ana 

Natale-Pereira, M.D., Associate 

Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-New 

Jersey Medical School; Roanne OsborneGaskin, M.D., Associate Medical 

Director, Neighborhood Health Plan of 

Rhode Island; Megan Padden, Vice 

President, Sentara Health Plans; Jeanne 

Ryer, Director, New Hampshire Citizens 

Health Initiative, University of New 

Hampshire; Carla Smith, Executive Vice 

President, Healthcare Information and 

Management Systems Society (HIMSS); 

Winston Wong, Medical Director, 

Community Benefit Director, Kaiser 

Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar, 

Professor & Coordinator, San Francisco 

State University. 

The agenda for the March 19, 2015 

meeting will include the following: 

• Welcome and listening session with 

CMS leadership 

• Recap of the previous (December 15, 

2014) meeting 

• Affordable Care Act initiatives 

• An opportunity for public comment 

• Meeting summary, review of 

recommendations, and 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 an oral 

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). 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Marilyn Tavenner, 

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Title: Understanding the Intersection 

Between TANF and Refugee Cash 

Assistance Services. 

OMB No.: New Collection. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is proposing data 

collection activities as part of a project 

to understand the intersection between 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) and Refugee Cash 

Assistance (RCA). The goal of this 

project is to help ACF better understand 

how the variety of systems that assist 

refugees collaborate to promote common 

goals of self-sufficiency and 

employment, and how refugees’ 

experiences might differ depending on 

the structure of the state (or local) 

program arrangements. To achieve this 

goal, this study aims to document what 

states are doing to help refugees gain 

self-sufficiency; if and how states are 

integrating RCA, TANF, and associated 

services to better meet the needs of 

refugees; and what data is collected 

currently, or might be collected in the 

future, to better understand refugee 

resettlement services and suggest future 

areas for inquiry. 

The proposed data collection 

activities described in this notice will 

collect data about state policies and 

practices; how TANF, RCA, and 

associated services are provided; the 

respective roles of the various agencies 

and organizations in serving 

participants; how the agencies and 

organizations integrate services 

internally and/or collaborate with other 

organizations; refugee populations 

served; approaches to addressing the 

particular barriers refugees face; 

promising practices and strategies for 

assisting refugees; gaps in services; local 

labor market conditions; and 

experiences of refugees accessing 

services through these programs. 

The proposed information collection 

activities include: 

(1) The survey of state refugee 

coordinators will be administered to 

state refugee coordinators in each state 

and the District of Columbia. The survey 

will collect information about state 

policies and practices. 

(2) The four site visit interview guides 

will collect information about how 

TANF, RCA, and associated services are 

provided; the respective roles of the 

various agencies and organizations in 

serving participants; how the agencies 

and organizations integrate services 

internally and/or collaborate with other 

organizations; approaches to addressing 

the particular barriers refugees face; 

promising practices and strategies for 

assisting refugees; gaps in services; data 

maintained by programs serving 

refugees; and local labor market 

conditions. 

(3) The focus group guide will collect 

information from program participants 

about the services they received how 

they were delivered, their experiences 

attempting to achieve self—sufficiency 

within a rapid timeframe, and the 

challenges they have faced. 

Respondents: Individuals receiving 

RCA, TANF, and related services; State 

Refugee Coordinators; Managers and 

staff at local TANF offices; local 

resettlement agency staff; communitybased organization staff providing 

services to refugees; staff operating 

alternative cash assistance programs for 

refugees such as Public/Private 

Partnerships(s) and Wilson/Fish 

programs (if different from the local 

resettlement agency); and staff from 

other programs providing employability 

and social adjustment and cultural 

orientation services to refugees. 

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