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measures that ask beneficiaries about 

health outcomes related to specific 

mental and Physical Conditions. Form 

Number: CMS–10203 (OMB control 

number: 0938–0701); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households; Number of Respondents: 

1,275; Total Annual Responses: 

663,150; Total Annual Hours: 212,208. 

(For policy questions regarding this 

collection contact Alyssa Rosen at 410– 

786–8559 or Alyssa.Rosen@

cms.hhs.gov.) 

William N. Parham, III 

Director, Division of Information Collections 

and Regulatory Impacts, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–3472–N] 

Medicare Program; Request for 

Nominations for Members for the 

Medicare Evidence Development & 

Coverage Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

request for nominations for membership 

on the Medicare Evidence Development 

& Coverage Advisory Committee 

(MEDCAC). Among other duties, the 

MEDCAC provides advice and guidance 

to the Secretary of the Department of 

Health and Human Services (the 

Secretary) and the Administrator of the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) concerning the 

adequacy of scientific evidence 

available to CMS in making coverage 

determinations under the Medicare 

program. 

The MEDCAC’s fundamental purpose 

is to support the principles of an 

evidence-based determination process 

for Medicare’s coverage policies. 

MEDCAC panels provide advice to CMS 

on the strength of the evidence available 

for specific medical treatments and 

technologies through a public, 

participatory, and accountable process. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

by Monday, February 17, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may send in 

nominations for membership via email 

to MEDCACnomination@cms.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leah Cromwell, 410–786–2243, 

MEDCAC Coordinator, via email at 

Leah.Cromwell1@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Secretary signed the initial 

charter for the Medicare Coverage 

Advisory Committee (MCAC) on 

November 24, 1998. A notice in the 

Federal Register (63 FR 68780) 

announcing establishment of the MCAC 

was published on December 14, 1998. 

The MCAC name was updated to more 

accurately reflect the purpose of the 

committee and on January 26, 2007, the 

Secretary published a notice in the 

Federal Register (72 FR 3853), 

announcing that the Committee’s name 

changed to the Medicare Evidence 

Development & Coverage Advisory 

Committee (MEDCAC). The current 

Secretary’s Charter for the MEDCAC is 

available on the CMS website at: https:// 

www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Guidance/FACA/Downloads/ 

medcaccharter.pdf or you may obtain a 

copy of the charter by submitting a 

request to the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION section of this 

notice. 

The MEDCAC is governed by 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–463, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), which sets 

forth standards for the formulation and 

use of advisory committees, and is 

authorized by section 222 of the Public 

Health Service Act as amended (42 

U.S.C. 217A). 

We are requesting nominations for 

candidates to serve on the MEDCAC. 

Nominees are selected based upon their 

individual qualifications and not solely 

as representatives of professional 

associations or societies. We wish to 

ensure adequate representation of those 

enrolled in the Medicare program 

including but not limited to, racial and 

ethnic groups, individuals with 

disabilities, and from across the gender 

spectrum. Therefore, we encourage 

nominations of qualified candidates 

who can represent these lived 

experiences. 

The MEDCAC consists of a pool of 

100 appointed members including: 90 

at-large standing members (20 of whom 

are patient advocates), and 10 

representatives of industry interests. 

Members generally are recognized 

authorities in clinical medicine 

including subspecialties, administrative 

medicine, public health, biological and 

physical sciences, epidemiology and 

biostatistics, clinical trial design, health 

care data management and analysis, 

patient advocacy, health care 

economics, health disparities, medical 

ethics, geriatrics those with an 

understanding of sociodemographic bias 

and resulting limitations of scientific 

evidence, or other relevant professions. 

The MEDCAC works from an agenda 

provided by the Designated Federal 

Official. The MEDCAC reviews and 

evaluates medical literature and 

technology assessments, and hears 

public testimony on the evidence 

available to address the impact of 

medical items and services on health 

outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries. The 

MEDCAC may also advise the Centers 

for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

as part of Medicare’s ‘‘coverage with 

evidence development’’ initiative. 

II. Provisions of the Notice 

As of December 2025, there will be a 

total of 20 membership terms expiring. 

Of the 20 memberships expiring, 2 are 

industry representatives, 10 are patient 

advocates and the remaining 8 

membership openings are for the atlarge standing MEDCAC membership. 

All nominations must be 

accompanied by curricula vitae. 

Nomination packages should be 

addressed to Leah Cromwell and sent to 

the email address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

Nominees are selected based upon their 

individual qualifications. 

Nominees for membership must have 

expertise and experience in one or more 

of the following fields: 

• Clinical medicine including 

subspecialties 

• Administrative medicine 

• Public health 

• Health disparities 

• Biological and physical sciences 

• Epidemiology and biostatistics 

• Clinical trial design 

• Health care data management and 

analysis 

• Patient advocacy 

• Health care economics 

• Medical ethics 

• Geriatrics 

• Other relevant professions 

We are looking particularly for 

experts in a number of fields. These 

include health disparities, cancer 

screening, genetic testing, clinical 

epidemiology, psychopharmacology, 

screening and diagnostic testing 

analysis, and vascular surgery. We also 

need experts in biostatistics in clinical 

settings, dementia treatment, 

observational research design, stroke 

epidemiology, geriatrics, and women’s 

health. 

The nomination letter must include a 

statement that the nominee is willing to 

serve as a member of the MEDCAC and 


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appears to have no conflict of interest 

that would preclude membership. 

We are requesting that all curricula 

vitae include the following: 

• List of areas of expertise 

• Title and current position 

• Professional affiliation 

• Home and business address 

• Telephone numbers (Please specify if 

the number is for: home, office, or cell 

phone) 

• Email address (Please specify if the 

email address is for work/personal) 

In the nomination letter, we are 

requesting that nominees specify 

whether they are applying for a patient 

advocate position, an at-large standing 

position, or as an industry 

representative. Potential candidates will 

be asked to provide detailed information 

concerning such matters as financial 

holdings, consultancies, and research 

grants or contracts in order to permit 

evaluation of possible sources of 

financial conflict of interest. Department 

policy prohibits multiple committee 

memberships. A federal advisory 

committee member may not serve on 

more than one committee within an 

agency at the same time. 

Members may be invited to serve for 

overlapping 2-year terms. A member 

may continue to serve after the 

expiration of the member’s term until a 

successor is named. Any interested 

person may nominate one or more 

qualified persons. Self-nominations are 

also accepted. Individuals interested in 

the representative positions are 

encouraged to include a letter of support 

from the organization or interest group 

they would represent. 

III. Collection of Information 

This document does not impose 

information collection requirements, 

that is, reporting, recordkeeping or 

third-party disclosure requirements. 

Consequently, there is no need for 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget under the authority of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

The Chief Medical Officer and 

Director of the Center for Clinical 

Standards and Quality for the Centers 

for Medicare & Medicaid Services 

(CMS), Dora Hughes, having reviewed 

and approved this document, authorizes 

Chyana Woodyard, who is the Federal 

Register Liaison, to electronically sign 

this document for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Chyana Woodyard, 

Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Tribal Maternal, Infant, and 

Early Childhood Home Visiting 

(MIECHV) Program Community Needs 

and Readiness Assessment Guidance 

and Implementation Plan Guidance 

(Office of Management and Budget#: 

0970–0611) 

AGENCY: Office of Early Childhood 

Development, Administration for 

Children and Families, U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Early Childhood Development (ECD) is 

requesting revisions to the Tribal 

Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood 

Home Visiting Program Community 

Needs and Readiness Assessment 

Guidance and Implementation Plan 

Guidance (Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) #: 0970–0611; expiration 

June 30, 2026) and a 3-year extension of 

approval. 

DATES: Comments due March 17, 2025. 

In compliance with the requirements of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

ACF is soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: Section 511(e)(8)(A) of 

title V of the Social Security Act 

requires that grantees under the Tribal 

MIECHV program, in the first year of 

their grants, submit an implementation 

plan on how they will meet the 

requirements of the program. Section 

511(h)(2)(A) further states that the 

requirements for the MIECHV grants to 

Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban 

Indian organizations are to be 

consistent, to the greatest extent 

practicable, with the requirements for 

grantees under the MIECHV program for 

states and jurisdictions. 

ACF ECD, in collaboration with the 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration’s Maternal and Child 

Health Bureau, awarded grants for the 

Tribal MIECHV Program (Tribal Home 

Visiting) to support cooperative 

agreements to conduct community 

needs assessments; plan for and 

implement high-quality, culturally 

relevant, evidence-based home visiting 

programs in at-risk Tribal communities; 

establish, measure, and report on 

progress toward meeting performance 

measures in six legislatively mandated 

benchmark areas; and conduct rigorous 

evaluation activities to build the 

knowledge base on home visiting among 

Native populations. 

During the first grant year, Tribal 

Home Visiting grantees must comply 

with the requirement to conduct a 

Community Needs and Readiness 

Assessment (CNRA) and submit an 

implementation plan that should feature 

planned activities to be carried out 

under the program in years 2–5 of their 

cooperative agreements. To assist 

grantees with meeting these 

requirements, ACF created a CNRA and 

implementation guidance for grantees to 

use when writing their plans. The 

CNRA Guidance and Implementation 

Plan Guidance (IPG) specifies that 

grantees must provide a plan to address 

the following areas: 

• CNRA 

• Program Design 

• Program Blueprint 

• Plan for Data Collection, Management, 

and Performance Measurement 

• Fidelity Monitoring and Quality 

Assurance 

The previous guidance included 

information about the CNRA and the 

implementation plan for grant 

recipients. This extension request 

updates the guidance by separating the 

CNRA Guidance from the IPG. This 

separation allows the CNRA Guidance 

to function as an independent 

document, enhancing clarity and 

usability instead of being incorporated 

within the IPG. 

Additionally, significant 

modifications have been made to the 

guidance compared to earlier versions, 

with a primary focus on reducing the 

burden on grant recipients. These 

changes include eliminating redundant 

sections that overlap with other 

reporting requirements, reducing the 

number of guiding questions, and 

allowing for shorter responses. 

Respondents: Tribal Home Visiting 

Managers (information collection does 

not include direct interaction with 

individuals or families that receive the 

services). 


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