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educate women about improving their 

physical and mental health and 

preventing disease. With the 2012 

theme ‘‘It’s Your Time,’’ OWH will 

focus on encouraging women to make 

their health a top priority and take 

simple steps for a longer, healthier, and 

happier life. For more information about 

National Women’s Health Week, please 

visit http://www.womenshealth.gov/ 

whw. 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

Nancy C. Lee, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health— 

Women’s Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Advisory Group on 

Prevention, Health Promotion, and 

Integrative and Public Health 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Health, Office of the Surgeon General of 

the United States Public Health Service. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that 

a meeting is scheduled to be held for the 

Advisory Group on Prevention, Health 

Promotion, and Integrative and Public 

Health (the ‘‘Advisory Group’’). The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

Information about the Advisory Group 

and the agenda for this meeting can be 

obtained by accessing the following 

Web site: http://www.healthcare.gov/ 

prevention/nphpphc/advisorygrp/ 

index.html. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 11–12, 2012. Exact start and end 

times will be published closer to the 

meeting date at: http:// 

www.healthcare.gov/prevention/ 

nphpphc/advisorygrp/index.html. 

ADDRESSES: 200 Independence Ave. 

SW.; Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 

Room 800; Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of the Surgeon General, 200 

Independence Ave. SW.; Hubert H. 

Humphrey Building, Room 701H; 

Washington, DC 20201; 202–205–9517; 

prevention.council@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

10, 2010, the President issued Executive 

Order 13544 to comply with the statutes 

under Section 4001 of the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act, 

Public Law 111–148. This legislation 

mandated that the Advisory Group was 

to be established within the Department 

of Health and Human Services. The 

charter for the Advisory Group was 

established by the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services on June 23, 2010; 

the charter was filed with the 

appropriate Congressional committees 

and Library of Congress on June 24, 

2010. The Advisory Group has been 

established as a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee. 

The Advisory Group has been 

established to provide recommendations 

and advice to the National Prevention, 

Health Promotion and Public Health 

Council (the ‘‘Council’’). The Advisory 

Group shall provide assistance to the 

Council in carrying out its mission. 

The Advisory Group membership 

shall consist of not more than 25 nonFederal members to be appointed by the 

President. The membership shall 

include a diverse group of licensed 

health professionals, including 

integrative health practitioners who 

have expertise in (1) worksite health 

promotion; (2) community services, 

including community health centers; 

(3) preventive medicine; (4) health 

coaching; (5) public health education; 

(6) geriatrics; and (7) rehabilitation 

medicine. There are currently 22 

members of the Advisory Group 

appointed by the President. This will be 

the fifth meeting of the Advisory Group. 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to the space available. Members 

of the public who wish to attend must 

register by 12 p.m. EST April 2, 2012. 

Individuals should register for public 

attendance at 

prevention.council@hhs.gov by 

providing your full name and affiliation. 

Individuals who plan to attend the 

meeting and need special assistance 

and/or accommodations, i.e., sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

indicate so when they register. The 

public will have the opportunity to 

provide comments to the Advisory 

Group on April 12, 2012; public 

comment will be limited to 3 minutes 

per speaker. Registration through the 

designated contact for the public 

comment session is also required. Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

have printed materials distributed to the 

Advisory Group for this scheduled 

meeting should submit material to the 

designed point of contact no later than 

12 p.m. EST April 2, 2012. 

Dated: February 29, 2012. 

Corinne M. Graffunder, 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

Advisory Group on Prevention, Health 

Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health 

Office of the Surgeon General. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

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Medicare Program; Meeting of the 

Medicare Evidence Development and 

Coverage Advisory Committee—May 

16, 2012 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that a 

public meeting of the Medicare 

Evidence Development & Coverage 

Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) 

(‘‘Committee’’) will be held on 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The 

Committee generally provides advice 

and recommendations concerning the 

adequacy of scientific evidence needed 

to determine whether certain medical 

items and services can be covered under 

the Medicare statute. This meeting will 

focus on the desirable characteristics of 

evidence appropriate for Coverage with 

Evidence Development. This meeting is 

open to the public in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)). 

DATES: Meeting Date: The public 

meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

May 16, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. until 4:30 

p.m., Daylight Saving Time (DST). 

Deadline for Submission of Written 

Comments: Written comments must be 

received at the address specified in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice by 5 

p.m. DST, Monday, April 16, 2012. 

Once submitted, all comments are final. 

Deadlines for Speaker Registration 

and Presentation Materials: The 

deadline to register to be a speaker and 

to submit PowerPoint presentation 

materials and writings that will be used 

in support of an oral presentation is 5 

p.m., DST on Monday, April 16, 2012. 

Speakers may register by phone or via 

email by contacting the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. Presentation 

materials must be received at the 

address specified in the ADDRESSES

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Deadline for All Other Attendees 

Registration: Individuals may register 

online at http://www.cms.gov/apps/

events/upcomingevents.asp?strOrder

By=1&type=3 or by phone by contacting 

the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice by 5 p.m. DST, Friday, May 11, 

2012. 

We will be broadcasting the meeting 

live via Webcast at http://www.cms.gov/ 

live/. 

Deadline for Submitting a Request for 

Special Accommodations: Persons 

attending the meeting who are hearing 

or visually impaired, or have a 

condition that requires special 

assistance or accommodations, are 

asked to contact the Executive Secretary 

as specified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice no later than 5 p.m., DST Friday, 

May 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The 

meeting will be held in the main 

auditorium of the Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244. 

Submission of Presentations and 

Comments: Presentation materials and 

written comments that will be presented 

at the meeting must be submitted via 

email to 

MedCACpresentations@cms.hhs.gov or 

by regular mail to the contact listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice by the date 

specified in the DATES section of this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Ellis, Executive Secretary for 

MEDCAC, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Office of Clinical 

Standards and Quality, Coverage and 

Analysis Group, S3–02–01, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 

21244 or contact Ms. Ellis by phone 

(410–786–0309) or via email at 

Maria.Ellis@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

MEDCAC, formerly known as the 

Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee 

(MCAC), provides advice and 

recommendations to CMS regarding 

clinical issues. (For more information 

on MCAC, see the December 14, 1998 

Federal Register (63 FR 68780). This 

notice announces the Wednesday, May 

16, 2012, public meeting of the 

Committee. During this meeting, the 

Committee will discuss desirable 

characteristics of evidence appropriate 

for Coverage with Evidence 

Development. Background information 

about this topic, including panel materials, is available at http://www.cms.

gov/medicare-coverage-database/

indexes/medcac-meetings-index.aspx?

bc=BAAAAAAAAAAA&. We will no 

longer be providing paper copies of the 

handouts for the meeting. Electronic 

copies of all the meeting materials will 

be on the CMS Web site no later than 

2 business days before the meeting. We 

encourage the participation of 

appropriate organizations with expertise 

in the desirable characteristics of 

evidence appropriate for Coverage with 

Evidence Development. 

II. Meeting Format 

This meeting is open to the public. 

The Committee will hear oral 

presentations from the public for 

approximately 45 minutes. Time 

allotted for each presentation may be 

limited. If the number of registrants 

requesting to speak is greater than can 

be reasonably accommodated during the 

scheduled open public hearing session, 

we may conduct a lottery to determine 

the speakers for the scheduled open 

public hearing session. The contact 

person will notify interested persons 

regarding their request to speak by April 

19, 2012. Your comments should focus 

on issues specific to the list of topics 

that we have proposed to the 

Committee. The list of research topics to 

be discussed at the meeting will be 

available on the following Web site 

prior to the meeting: http://www.cms.

gov/medicare-coverage-database/

indexes/medcac-meetings-index.aspx?

bc=BAAAAAAAAAAA&. We require 

that you declare at the meeting whether 

you have any financial involvement 

with manufacturers (or their 

competitors) of any items or services 

being discussed. 

The Committee will deliberate openly 

on the topics under consideration. 

Interested persons may observe the 

deliberations, but the Committee will 

not hear further comments during this 

time except at the request of the 

chairperson. The Committee will also 

allow a 15-minute unscheduled open 

public session for any attendee to 

address issues specific to the topics 

under consideration. At the conclusion 

of the day, the members will vote and 

the Committee will make its 

recommendation(s) to CMS. 

III. Registration Instructions 

CMS’ Coverage and Analysis Group is 

coordinating meeting registration. While 

there is no registration fee, individuals 

must register to attend. You may register 

online at http://www.cms.gov/apps/

events/upcomingevents.asp?strOrder

By=1&type=3 or by phone by contacting 

the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice by the deadline listed in the 

DATES section of this notice. Please 

provide your full name (as it appears on 

your state-issued driver’s license), 

address, organization, telephone, fax 

number(s), and email address. You will 

receive a registration confirmation with 

instructions for your arrival at the CMS 

complex or you will be notified that the 

seating capacity has been reached. 

IV. Security, Building, and Parking 

Guidelines 

This meeting will be held in a Federal 

government building; therefore, Federal 

security measures are applicable. We 

recommend that confirmed registrants 

arrive reasonably early, but no earlier 

than 45 minutes prior to the start of the 

meeting, to allow additional time to 

clear security. Security measures 

include the following: 

• Presentation of government-issued 

photographic identification to the 

Federal Protective Service or Guard 

Service personnel. 

• Inspection of vehicle’s interior and 

exterior (this includes engine and trunk 

inspection) at the entrance to the 

grounds. Parking permits and 

instructions will be issued after the 

vehicle inspection. 

• Inspection, via metal detector or 

other applicable means of all persons 

brought entering the building. We note 

that all items brought into CMS, 

whether personal or for the purpose of 

presentation or to support a 

presentation, are subject to inspection. 

We cannot assume responsibility for 

coordinating the receipt, transfer, 

transport, storage, set-up, safety, or 

timely arrival of any personal 

belongings or items used for 

presentation or to support a 

presentation. 

Note: Individuals who are not registered in 

advance will not be permitted to enter the 

building and will be unable to attend the 

meeting. The public may not enter the 

building earlier than 45 minutes prior to the 

convening of the meeting. All visitors must 

be escorted in areas other than the lower and 

first floor levels in the Central Building. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a). 

Dated: March 8, 2012. 

Patrick Conway, 

CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director, 

Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 

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