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facilities. The form is also completed by

the Medicare/Medicaid State survey

agency to determine facility compliance

with ESRD conditions for coverage;

Frequency: Annually; Affected Public:

State, Local or Tribal Governments;

Number of Respondents: 2,640; Total

Annual Responses: 1,056; Total Annual

Hours: 2,376.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms, E-mail

your request, including your address

and phone number, to

Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call the Reports

Clearance Office on (410) 786–1326.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections should be sent

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the OMB Desk Officer designated at the

following address: OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch, Atten:

Allison Eydt, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

Dated: February 27, 1997.

Edwin J. Glatzel,

Director, Management Analysis and Planning

Staff, Office of Financial and Human

Resources, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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Medicare Program; March 24, 1997

Meeting of the Practicing Physicians

Advisory Council

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, this notice announces a

meeting of the Practicing Physicians

Advisory Council. This meeting is open

to the public.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

March 24, 1997, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

e.s.t.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Stonehenge Room, 615F, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pamela J. Gentry, Associate

Administrator for External Affairs,

Room 435–H, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 690–

7418.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary of the Department of Health

and Human Services (the Secretary) is

mandated by section 1868 of the Social

Security Act to appoint a Practicing

Physicians Advisory Council (the

Council) based on nominations

submitted by medical organizations

representing physicians. The Council

meets quarterly to discuss certain

proposed changes in regulations and

carrier manual instructions related to

physicians’ services, as identified by the

Secretary. To the extent feasible and

consistent with statutory deadlines, the

consultation must occur before

publication of the proposed changes.

The Council submits an annual report

on its recommendations to the Secretary

and the Administrator of the Health

Care Financing Administration not later

than December 31 of each year.

The Council consists of 15 physicians,

each of whom has submitted at least 250

claims for physicians’ services under

Medicare or Medicaid in the previous

year. Members of the Council include

both participating and nonparticipating

physicians, and physicians practicing in

rural and underserved urban areas. At

least 11 members must be doctors of

medicine or osteopathy authorized to

practice medicine and surgery by the

States in which they practice. Members

have been invited to serve for

overlapping 4-year terms. In accordance

with section 14 of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, terms of more than 2

years are contingent upon the renewal

of the Council by appropriate action

before the end of the 2-year term.

The Council held its first meeting on

May 11, 1992.

The current members are: Richard

Bronfman, D.P.M.; Wayne R. Carlsen,

D.O.; Gary C. Dennis, M.D.; Catalina E.

Garcia, M.D.; Mary T. Herald, M.D.;

Ardis Hoven, M.D.; Sandral Hullett,

M.D.; Jerilynn S. Kaibel, D.C.

(renominated—pending selection);

Marie G. Kuffner, M.D.; Marc Lowe,

M.D.; Katherine L. Markette, M.D.;

Susan Schooley, M.D.; Maisie Tam,

M.D. (renominated—pending selection);

and Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., M.D. The

chairperson is Kenneth M. Viste, Jr.,

M.D.

The Council agenda will provide for

discussion and comment on the

following three items:

• Practice expense project.

• Administrative simplifications

under the Health Insurance Portability

and Accountability Act of 1966 (Public

Law 104–191), enacted on August 21,

1996.

• Fraud and abuse provisions under

the Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act.

Council members will also receive an

update on legislation, managed care,

and Medicaid. In addition, new

members will be sworn in to serve on

the Council. Individuals or

organizations who wish to make 5-

minute oral presentations on the above

issues should contact the Executive

Director by 12:00 noon, March 13, 1997,

to be scheduled. The number of oral

presentations may be limited by the

time available. A written copy of the

oral remarks should be submitted to the

Executive Director no later than 12:00

noon, March 19, 1997.

Anyone who is not scheduled to

speak may submit written comments to

the Executive Director by 12:00 noon,

March 19, 1997. The meeting is open to

the public, but attendance is limited to

the space available.

(Section 1868 of the Social Security Act (42

U.S.C. 1395ee) and section 10(a) of Public

Law 92–463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a))

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: February 27, 1997.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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Health Resources and Services

Administration

Notice Regarding Healthy Start

Initiative Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Correction of eligibility criteria

for healthy start initiative cooperative

agreements.

SUMMARY: In Notice document 97–1928

in the issue of Monday January 27, 1997

(62 FR 3903), make the following

correction: The eligibility criteria on

page 3904 in the second column, the

paragraph preceding ‘‘Funding

Category; which states: ‘‘A percentage of

children under 18 with family incomes

below the Federal Poverty Level which

exceeded the national average of 22

percent for 1993 only’’ has been

changed to: ‘‘A percentage of children

under 18 years of age with family

incomes below the Federal Poverty

Level which exceeded the national

average of 19.9% for 1990.’’

This correction has been made to

allow the use of 1990 Census data

which is available and accessible to

most communities. Applicants who

have access to and wish to use more

recent verifiable poverty data may do so.