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Disease, Disability, and Injury

Prevention and Control Special

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Community

Partners for Healthy Farming, Program

Announcement 646, and Centers for

Agricultural Disease and Injury

Research, Education, and Prevention,

Program Announcement 647: Meeting

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following committee

meeting.

Name: Disease, Disability, and Injury

Prevention and Control SEP: Community

Partners for Healthy Farming, Program

Announcement 646, and Centers for

Agricultural Disease and Injury Research,

Education, and Prevention, Program

Announcement 647.

Times and Dates: 8 p.m.–10 p.m., August

4, 1996; 8 a.m.–6 p.m., August 5, 1996; 8

a.m.–5 p.m., August 6, 1996.

Place: Commonwealth Hilton Hotel, I–75

and Turfway Road, Florence, Kentucky

45275.

Status: Closed.

Matters to be Discussed: The meeting will

include the review, discussion, and

evaluation of applications received in

response to Program Announcements 646

and 647.

The meeting will be closed to the public

in accordance with provisions set forth in

section 552b(c) (4) and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and

the Determination of the Associate Director

for Management and Operations, CDC,

pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463.

Contact Person for More Information: Price

Connor, Ph.D., Research Grant Program

Officer, Office of Extramural Coordination

and Special Projects, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, M/S

D30, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia

30333, telephone 404/639–3342.

Dated: June 21, 1996.

John C. Burckhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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Health Care Financing Administration

[ORD–088–N]

New and Pending Demonstration

Project Proposals Submitted Pursuant

to Section 1115(a) of the Social

Security Act: May 1996

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: One new proposal for a

Medicaid demonstration project was

submitted to the Department of Health

and Human Services during the month

of May 1996 under the authority of

section 1115 of the Social Security Act.

No proposals were approved,

disapproved, or withdrawn during this

time period. Those pending during the

month of May remain unchanged from

those in the Federal Register on June

10, 1996, 61 FR 29409. (This notice can

be accessed on the Internet at HTTP://

WWW.HCFA.GOV/ORD/

ORDHP1.HTML.)

COMMENTS: We will accept written

comments on these proposals. We will,

if feasible, acknowledge receipt of all

comments, but we will not provide

written responses to comments. We

will, however, neither approve nor

disapprove any new proposal for at least

30 days after the date of this notice to

allow time to receive and consider

comments. Direct comments as

indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Mail correspondence to:

Susan Anderson, Office of Research and

Demonstrations, Health Care Financing

Administration, Mail Stop C3–11–07,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Anderson (410) 786–3996.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under section 1115 of the Social

Security Act (the Act), the Department

of Health and Human Services (HHS)

may consider and approve research and

demonstration proposals with a broad

range of policy objectives. These

demonstrations can lead to

improvements in achieving the

purposes of the Act.

In exercising her discretionary

authority, the Secretary has developed a

number of policies and procedures for

reviewing proposals. On September 27,

1994, we published a notice in the

Federal Register (59 FR 49249) that

specified (1) the principles that we

ordinarily will consider when

approving or disapproving

demonstration projects under the

authority in section 1115(a) of the Act;

(2) the procedures we expect States to

use in involving the public in the

development of proposed demonstration

projects under section 1115; and (3) the

procedures we ordinarily will follow in

reviewing demonstration proposals. We

are committed to a thorough and

expeditious review of State requests to

conduct such demonstrations.

As part of our procedures, we publish

a notice in the Federal Register with a

monthly listing of all new submissions,

pending proposals, approvals,

disapprovals, and withdrawn proposals.

Proposals submitted in response to a

grant solicitation or other competitive

process are reported as received during

the month that such grant or bid is

awarded, so as to prevent interference

with the awards process.

II. Listing of New, Pending, Approved,

and Withdrawn Proposals for the

Month of May 1996

A. Comprehensive Health Reform

Programs

1. New Proposals:

The following comprehensive health

reform proposal was received during the

month of May:

Demonstration Title/State: Maryland

Medicaid Reform Proposal—Maryland.

Description: A statewide section 1115

demonstration proposal has been

developed to: provide a patient-focused

system through managed care entities;

build on the strengths of the current

Maryland health care system; provide

comprehensive, prevention-orientated

systems of care; hold Managed Care

Organizations (MCOs) accountable for

high-quality care; and achieve better

value and predictability for State

expenditures.

Date Received: May 3, 1996.

State Contact: Mary Mussman, M.D.,

M.P.H., Acting Executive Director,

Center for Health Program Development

and Management, Social Sciences

Building, Room 309A, 5401 Wilkens

Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21228–5398,

(410) 455–6804.

Federal Project Officer: Gina Clemons,

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Research and Demonstrations,

Office of State Health Reform

Demonstrations, Mail Stop C3–18–26,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21244–1850.

2. Pending, Approved, and Withdrawn

Proposals

We did not approve or disapprove any

proposals during the month of May nor

were any proposals withdrawn during

that month. Therefore, pending

proposals for the month of November

1995 published in the Federal Register

on January 23, 1996, 61 FR 1769, remain

unchanged.

B. Other Section 1115 Demonstration

Proposals

1. New Proposals

No new proposals were received

during the month of May.

2. Pending, Approved, and Withdrawn

Proposals

We did not approve or disapprove any

Other Section 1115 Demonstration

Proposals during May nor were any

proposals withdrawn during that
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month. Pending proposals for the month

of November 1995 published in the

Federal Register on January 23, 1996, 61

FR 1769, and for the months of February

and March 1996 published in the

Federal Register on May 14, 1996, 61

FR 24318 remain unchanged.

III. Requests for Copies of a Proposal

Requests for copies of a specific

Medicaid proposal should be made to

the State contact listed for the specific

proposal. If further help or information

is needed, inquiries should be directed

to HCFA at the address above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program, No. 93.779; Health Financing

Research, Demonstrations, and Experiments.)

Dated: June 13, 1996.

Barbara Cooper,

Acting Director, Office of Research and

Demonstrations.

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Medicare Program; July 22, 1996

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) 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

July 22, 1996, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

e.d.t. (Additional meetings are

tentatively scheduled for September 23

and December 16, 1996.)

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Auditorium, 1st Floor, Health Care

Financing Administration Building,

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21244.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Samuel Shekar, M.D., Executive

Director, Practicing Physicians Advisory

Council, Room 425–H, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201,

(202) 260–5463.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary of the Department of Health

and Human Services (the Secretary) is

mandated by section 1868 of the Social

Security Act, as added by section 4112

of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508,

effective on November 5, 1990), 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.; Kenneth D. Hansen, M.D.;

Mary T. Herald, M.D.; Ardis Hoven,

M.D.; Sandral Hullett, M.D.; Jerilynn S.

Kaibel, D.C.; Marie G. Kuffner, M.D.;

Marc Lowe, M.D.; Katherine L.

Markette, M.D.; Susan Schooley, M.D.;

Maisie Tam, M.D., and Kenneth M.

Viste, Jr., M.D. The chairperson is

Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., M.D.

The next meeting of the Council will

be held on July 22, 1996. The Council

agenda will provide for discussion and

comment on the following four items:

• Clinical Laboratory Improvement

Act (CLIA) implementation.

• Practice Expense Relative Value

Project.

• Medicare CHOICES demonstration.

• Operation Restore Trust (ORT).

Council members will also receive

legislative and Managed Care updates.

Those individuals or organizations who

wish to make 5-minute oral

presentations on the four issues listed

should contact the Executive Director by

12:00 noon, July 3, 1996, 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, July 12, 1996. For the name,

address, and telephone number of the

Executive Director, see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section at the

beginning of this notice. Anyone who is

not scheduled to speak may also submit

written comments to the Executive

Director by 12:00 noon, July 12, l996.

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));

45 CFR Part 11)

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration, HHS.

In compliance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), the Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), Department of

Health and Human Services, has

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) the following

proposals for the collection of

information. Interested persons are

invited to send comments regarding the

burden estimate or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

any of the following subjects: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

1. Type of Information Collection

Request: Reinstatement, without change,

of a previously approved collection for

which approval has expired; Title of

Information Collection: Information

Collection requirements in Final Peer

Review Organization Sanction

Regulations 42 CFR 1004.40(b),

1004.50(g), 1004.60(b), and 1004.70(b)

and (c); Form No.: HCFA–R–65; Use: