6024 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 23 / Thursday, February 4, 2016 / Notices 

committee members are available on the 

NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: 

http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 

information including an agenda will be 

posted when available. 

Should you require reasonable 

accommodation, please contact the CDC 

Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on 

(301) 458–4EEO (4336) as soon as possible. 

Dated: January 28, 2016. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and 

Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Planning and Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Physician-Focused 

Payment Model Technical Advisory 

Committee; Update 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Health and Human 

Services Department announces an 

update to the meeting address of the 

Physician-Focused Payment Model 

Technical Advisory Committee 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Committee’’) on Monday, February 1, 

2016. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, February 1, 2016, from 1:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 

(EST) and is open to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Room 505A of the Hubert Humphrey 

Federal Building, 200 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott R. Smith, Ph.D., Designated 

Federal Officer, at the Office of Health 

Policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning 

and Evaluation, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, 200 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20201, (202) 690–6870. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Update: The meeting location has 

changed. The new meeting location is 

Room 505A of the Hubert Humphrey 

Federal Building, 200 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

Table of Contents 

I. Purpose 

II. Agenda 

III. Meeting Attendance 

IV. Security and Building Guidelines 

V. Special Accommodations 

VI. Copies of the Charter 

VII. Meeting Registration 

I. Purpose 

The Physician-Focused Payment 

Model Technical Advisory Committee 

(‘‘the Committee’’) is authorized by the 

Medicare Access and CHIP 

Reauthorization Act of 2015, 42 U.S.C 

1395ee. This Committee is governed by 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C 

App.), which sets forth standards for the 

formation and use of advisory 

committees. In accordance with its 

statutory mandate, the Committee is to 

review physician-focused payment 

model proposals and prepare 

recommendations regarding whether 

such models meet criteria that will be 

established through rulemaking by the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (DHHS) (the 

Secretary). The Committee is composed 

of 11 members appointed by the 

Comptroller General with staggering 

terms of 1, 2, and 3 years as specified 

in the authorizing legislation. 

II. Agenda 

The Committee will receive 

information about MACRA 

implementation and about payment 

models currently being tested by the 

Center for Medicare & Medicaid 

Innovation within the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

III. Meeting Attendance 

The first meeting (February 1, 2016) is 

open to the public; however, attendance 

is limited to space available. Priority 

will be given to those who pre-register 

and attendance may be limited based on 

the number of registrants and the space 

available. 

Persons wishing to attend this 

meeting, which is located on federal 

property, must register by following the 

instructions in the ‘‘Meeting 

Registration’’ section of this notice. A 

confirmation email will be sent to the 

registrants shortly after completing the 

registration process. 

IV. Security and Building Guidelines 

The following are the security and 

building guidelines: 

Persons attending the meeting, 

including presenters, must be preregistered and on the attendance list by 

the prescribed date. 

Individuals who are not pre-registered 

in advance may not be permitted to 

enter the building and may be unable to 

attend the meeting. 

Attendees must present a governmentissued photo identification to the 

Federal Protective Service or Guard 

Service personnel before entering the 

building. Without a current, valid photo 

ID, persons may not be permitted entry 

to the building. 

All persons entering the building 

must pass through a metal detector. 

All items brought into the Humphrey 

Building including personal items, for 

example, laptops and cell phones are 

subject to physical inspection. 

The public may enter the building 30 

to 45 minutes before the meeting 

convenes. 

V. Special Accommodations 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodations must include the 

request for these services during 

registration. 

VI. Copies of the Charter 

The Secretary’s Charter for the 

Physician-Focused Payment Model 

Technical Advisory Committee is 

available on the ASPE Web site at 

https://aspe.hhs.gov/medicare-accessand-chip-reauthorization-act-2015. 

VII. Meeting Registration 

The public may attend the meeting inperson or listen via audio 

teleconference. Space is limited and 

registration is required. Registration 

may be completed online at 

www.regonline.com/

PTACommitteeMeetingRegistration. All 

the following information must be 

submitted when registering: 

Name. 

Company name. 

Postal address. 

Email address. 

If sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodation for a 

disability is needed, please contact Scott 

R. Smith, no later than January 22, 2016 

at the contact information listed below. 

Dated: January 28th, 2016. 

Arnold Epstein, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Health Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health IT Policy Committee Advisory 

Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces dates for 

meetings of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 


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