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for-profit organizations to submit 

proposals to the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice by the 

date specified in the DATES section of 

this notice. If after this limited 1-year 

opportunity the report with the required 

findings cannot be completed, for-profit 

PACE demonstrations should plan to 

terminate their projects. We note that, as 

a resolicitation, all proposals received 

will be evaluated using the criteria 

specified in the original August 10, 2001 

Federal Register notice (66 FR 42231) 

and these criteria are also available on 

the CMS Web site at: http:// 

www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

DemoProjectsEvalRpts/MD/ 

itemdetail.asp?itemID=CMS1202809. 

III. Collection of Information 

Requirements 

As we do not anticipate receiving 10 

or more applications for this 

demonstration, this document does not 

impose information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Consequently, it need not be reviewed 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget under the authority of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Authority: Section 1894(h) and 1934(h) of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395eee 

and 1396u–4) (Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Program No. 93.778, Medical 

Assistance Program; No. 93.773 Medicare— 

Hospital Insurance Program; and No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program) 

Dated: May 6, 2009. 

Charlene Frizzera, 

Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–17607 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–1415–N] 

Medicare Program; Announcement of 

Five New Members to the Advisory 

Panel on Ambulatory Payment 

Classification Groups 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Department 

of Health and Human Services (DHHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces five 

new members selected to serve on the 

Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment 

Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel). 

The purpose of the Panel is to review 

the APC groups and their associated 

weights and to advise the Secretary of 

DHHS (the Secretary) and the 

Administrator of CMS (the 

Administrator) concerning the clinical 

integrity of the APC groups and their 

associated weights. We will consider the 

Panel’s advice as we prepare the annual 

updates of the hospital outpatient 

prospective payment system (OPPS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

inquiries about the Panel, please contact 

the Designated Federal Official (DFO): 

Shirl Ackerman-Ross, DFO, CMS, CMM, 

HAPG, DOC, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Mail Stop C4–05–17, Baltimore, MD 

21244–1850, Phone (410) 786–4474. 

APC Panel E-Mail Address: The Email address for the Panel is as follows: 

CMS APCPanel@cms.hhs.gov (Note: 

There is NO underscore in this e-mail 

address; there is a SPACE between CMS 

and APCPanel.) 

News Media Contact: News media 

representatives must contact our Public 

Affairs Office at (202) 690–6145. 

CMS Advisory Committees Hotlines: 

The CMS Federal Advisory Committee 

Hotline is 1–877–449–5659 (toll free) 

and (410) 786–9379 (local) for 

additional Panel information. 

Web Sites: For additional information 

regarding the APC Panel membership, 

meetings, agendas, and updates to the 

Panel’s activities, please search our Web 

site at the following Uniform Resource 

Locator (URL): http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ 

FACA/05_AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatory

PaymentClassificationGroups.asp#

TopOfPage. (Note: There is an 

UNDERSCORE after FACA/05 (like 

this_); there is no space.) 

The public may also access the 

following URL for the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act Web site to obtain APC 

Panel information: https:// 

www.fido.gov/facadatabase/public.asp. 

A copy of the Panel’s Charter and other 

pertinent information are on both Web 

sites mentioned above. You may also email the Panel DFO at the above e-mail 

address for a copy of the Charter. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Secretary is required by section 

1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act 

(the Act) to consult with an expert 

outside advisory Panel regarding the 

clinical integrity of the APC groups and 

relative payment weights that are 

components of the Medicare hospital 

OPPS. 

The APC Panel meets up to three 

times annually. The Charter requires 

that the Panel must be fairly balanced in 

its membership in terms of the points of 

view represented and the functions to 

be performed. The Panel consists of up 

to 15 members, who are representatives 

of providers, and a Chair. Each Panel 

member must be employed full-time by 

a hospital, hospital system, or other 

Medicare provider subject to payment 

under the OPPS. The Secretary or 

Administrator selects the Panel 

membership based upon either selfnominations or nominations submitted 

by Medicare providers and other 

interested organizations. All members 

must have technical expertise to enable 

them to participate fully in the work of 

the Panel. This expertise encompasses 

hospital payment systems; hospital 

medical-care delivery systems; provider 

billing systems; APC groups, Current 

Procedural Terminology codes, and 

alpha-numeric Healthcare Common 

Procedure Coding System codes; and 

the use of, and payment for, drugs and 

medical devices in the outpatient 

setting, as well as other forms of 

relevant expertise. 

The Charter requires that all members 

have a minimum of 5 years experience 

in their area(s) of expertise, but it is not 

necessary that any member be an expert 

in all of the areas listed above. For 

purposes of this Panel, consultants and 

independent contractors are not 

considered as being full-time employees 

of hospitals, hospital systems, or other 

Medicare providers that are paid under 

the Medicare hospital OPPS. A Panel 

member may serve up to a 4-year term. 

A member may serve after the 

expiration of his or her term until a 

successor has been sworn in. All terms 

are contingent upon the renewal of the 

Panel’s Charter by appropriate action 

before its termination. The Secretary rechartered the APC Panel effective 

November 21, 2008. 

II. Announcement of New Members 

The Panel may consist of a Chair and 

up to 15 Panel members who serve 

without compensation, according to an 

advance written agreement. Travel, 

meals, lodging, and related expenses for 

the meeting are reimbursed in 

accordance with standard Government 

travel regulations. We have a special 

interest in ensuring that women, 

minorities, representatives from various 

geographical locations, and the 

physically challenged are adequately 

represented on the Panel. 

The Secretary, or her designee, 

appoints new members to the Panel 

from among those candidates 

determined to have the required 

expertise. New appointments are made 

in a manner that ensures a balanced 

membership. 

The Panel presently consists of the 

following 15 members and a Chair. (The 


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asterisk [*] indicates a Panel member 

whose term expires on 08/16/2009.) 

• Edith Hambrick, M.D., J.D., Chair. 

• Gloryanne Bryant, B.S., R.H.I.A., 

R.H.I.T., C.C.S.* 

• Kathleen M. Graham, R.N., 

M.S.H.A., C.P.H.Q. 

• Patrick Grusenmeyer, Sc.D., M.P.A., 

F.A.C.H. 

• Judith T. Kelly, B.S.H.A., R.H.I.T., 

R.H.I.A., C.C.S. 

• Michael D. Mills, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. 

• Thomas M. Munger, M.D., 

F.A.C.C.* 

• Agatha L. Nolen, D.Ph., M.S. 

• Randall A. Oyer, M.S. 

• Beverly Khnie Philip, M.D. 

• Russ Ranallo, M.S. 

• James V. Rawson, M.D.* 

• Michael A. Ross, M.D., F.A.C.E.P. 

• Patricia Spencer-Cisek, M.S., 

A.P.R.N.-BC, A.O.C.N.®

• Kim Allan Williams, M.D., F.A.C.C., 

F.A.B.C.* 

• Robert Matthew Zwolak, M.D., PhD, 

F.A.C.S.* 

On December 22, 2008, we published 

the notice titled ‘‘Medicare Program; 

Request for Nominations to the 

Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment 

Classification Groups’’ (CMS–1411–N) 

in the Federal Register (FR) requesting 

nominations to the Panel replacing 

Panel members whose terms would 

expire on August 16, 2009. As a result 

of that FR notice, we are announcing 

five new members to the Panel. All five 

appointments are for 4-year terms 

commencing on October 1, 2009, as 

indicated below: 

NEW panel members Terms 

Ruth L. Bush, M.D., 

M.P.H.

10/1/2009–9/30/2013 

Gregory J. Przybylski, 

M.D.

10/1/2009–9/30/2013 

David Halsey, M.D .... 10/1/2009–9/30/2013 

Dawn L. Francis, 

M.D., M.H.S.

10/1/2009–9/30/2013 

Daniel Pothen, M.S., 

R.H.I.A., CPHIMS, 

CCS, CCS–P, CHC.

10/1/2009–9/30/2013 

Note: Dr. Bush replaces Dr. Zwolak; Dr. 

Przybylski replaces Dr. Williams; Dr. Halsey 

replaces Dr. Rawson; Dr. Francis replaces Dr. 

Munger; and Mr. Pothen replaces Ms. Bryant. 

They will all take the Oaths of Office at the 

winter 2010 APC Panel meeting. Therefore, 

the current APC Panel members are all 

invited to attend the 2009 late summer 

meeting since the new members’ terms do 

not begin until October 1, 2009. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital 

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, 

Medicare—Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Program). 

Dated: July 14, 2009. 

Charlene Frizzera, 

Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–17609 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–1564–N] 

Medicare Program; Request for 

Nominations and Meeting of the 

Practicing Physicians Advisory 

Council, August 31, 2009 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice invites all 

organizations representing physicians to 

submit nominations for consideration to 

fill four seats on the Practicing 

Physicians Advisory Council (the 

Council) that will be vacated by current 

Council members in 2010. This notice 

also announces a quarterly meeting of 

the Council. The Council will meet to 

discuss certain proposed changes in 

regulations and manual instructions 

related to physicians’ services, as 

identified by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (the Secretary). This 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: Meeting Date: Monday, August 

31, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. e.d.t. 

Deadline for Registration without Oral 

Presentation: Thursday, August 27, 

2009, 12 noon, e.d.t. 

Deadline for Registration of Oral 

Presentations: Friday, August 7, 2009, 

12 noon, e.d.t. 

Deadline for Submission of Oral 

Remarks and Written Comments: 

Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 12 noon, 

e.d.t. 

Deadline for Requesting Special 

Accommodations: Monday, August 24, 

2009, 12 noon, e.d.t. 

Deadline for Submitting Nominations: 

Friday, September 11, 2009, 5 p.m. e.d.t. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: The 

meeting will be held in the Hubert H. 

Humphrey Building, (Room TBD), 200 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. 

Submission of Testimony: 

Testimonies should be mailed to Kelly 

Buchanan, Designated Federal Official 

(DFO), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail 

stop C4–13–07, Baltimore, MD 21244– 

1850, or contact the DFO via e-mail at 

PPAC_hhs@cms.hhs.gov. 

Submission of Nominations: Mail or 

deliver nominations to the Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services, Center 

for Medicare Management, Division of 

Provider Relations and Evaluations, 

Attention: Kelly Buchanan, Designated 

Federal Official, Practicing Physicians 

Advisory Council, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Mail Stop C4–13–07, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Buchanan, DFO, (410) 786–6132, 

or e-mail PPAC_hhs@cms.hhs.gov. 

News media representatives must 

contact the CMS Press Office, (202) 690– 

6145. Please refer to the CMS Advisory 

Committees’ Information Line (1–877– 

449–5659 toll free, (410) 786–9379 

local) or the Internet at http:// 

www.cms.hhs.gov/home/ 

regsguidance.asp for additional 

information and updates on committee 

activities. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with section 10(a) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

this notice announces the quarterly 

meeting of the Practicing Physicians 

Advisory Council (the Council). The 

Secretary is mandated by section 

1868(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (the 

Act) to appoint a Practicing Physicians 

Advisory Council based on nominations 

submitted by medical organizations 

representing physicians. The Council 

meets quarterly to discuss certain 

proposed changes in regulations and 

manual instructions related to physician 

services, as identified by the Secretary. 

To the extent feasible and consistent 

with statutory deadlines, the Council’s 

consultation must occur before Federal 

Register publication of the proposed 

changes. The Council submits an annual 

report on its recommendations to the 

Secretary and the Administrator of the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) not later than December 

31 of each year. 

The Council consists of 15 physicians, 

including the Chair. Members of the 

Council include both participating and 

nonparticipating physicians, and 

physicians practicing in rural and 

underserved urban areas. At least 11 

members of the Council must be 

physicians as described in section 

1861(r)(1) of the Act; that is, Statelicensed doctors of medicine or 

osteopathy. The remaining 4 members 

may include dentists, podiatrists, 

optometrists, and chiropractors. 

Members serve for overlapping 4-year 

terms. 

Section 1868(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that the Council meet quarterly to 


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