81 FR 24825 - Meeting Announcement for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee Required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 81 (April 27, 2016)

Page Range		24825-24826
FR Document		2016-09762

This notice announces the meeting date for the Physician- Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as ``the Committee'') on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24825-24826]
From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09762]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Meeting Announcement for the Physician-Focused Payment Model
Technical Advisory Committee Required by the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the meeting date for the Physician-
Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (hereafter referred
to as ``the Committee'') on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Table of Contents

Dates
Addresses
Meeting Registration
For Further Information Contact
Supplementary Information
I. Purpose
II. Agenda
III. Meeting Attendance
IV. Security and Building Guidelines
V. Special Accommodations
VI. Copies of the Charter

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, from 12:00
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and it is open to the
public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 800 of the Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC, 20201.

Meeting Registration

The public may attend the meeting in-person or listen by phone via
audio teleconference. Space is limited and registration is required in
order to attend in-person or by phone. Registration may be completed
online at https://www.regonline.com/PTACMeetingsRegistration. 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 April 25, 2016 at the contact information listed below.

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:

I. Purpose

The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee
(``the Committee'') is required by the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015, 42 U.S.C 1395ee. This Committee is also
governed by provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C App.), which sets forth standards for the formation
and use of federal 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 Health and Human Services (the Secretary). The Committee
is composed of 11 members appointed by the Comptroller General with
staggered terms of 1, 2, and 3 years.

II. Agenda

The Committee will have initial discussions about how physician-
focused payment models proposals will be submitted and reviewed by the
Committee after the Secretary establishes criteria for physician-
focused payment models through rulemaking. There will be time allocated
for public comment on a draft proposal review document. This document
will be posted on the Committee Web site and distributed on the
Committee listserv prior to the public meeting. The Committee will also
discuss its activities in preparation for submission of proposals once
the Secretarial criteria are finalized.

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III. Meeting Attendance

The May 4, 2016 meeting is open to the public; however, in-person
attendance is limited to space available. Priority to attend the
meeting in-person will be given to those who pre-register. If the
meeting venue reaches its seating capacity, other registrants will be
limited to participating by telephone.
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 pre-
registered 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 government-issued 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-access-and-chip-reauthorization-act-2015.
Information about how to subscribe to the Committee's email listserv is
found at https://aspe.hhs.gov/contact-physician-focused-payment-model-technical-advisory-committee.

Dated: April 8, 2016.
Richard G. Frank,
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS
Average
Number of
Number of Total burden per Total burden
Form name responses per
respondents responses response hours
respondent (in hours)

Participant Information ......................................................... 114,423 1 114,423 0.07 8,009.61
Event Record ....................................................................... 14,445 1 14,445 0.14 2,022.30

Total .............................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 10,031.91

The Estimated Annual Burden to
AETCs is as follows:

Responses
Number of Total Hours per Total burden
per
respondents responses response hours
respondent

Aggregate Data Set ............................................................. 8 1 8 29 232

The total burden hours are 10,263.91 II. Agenda I. Purpose
hours. III. Meeting Attendance
HRSA specifically requests comments IV. Security and Building Guidelines The Physician-Focused Payment
on (1) the necessity and utility of the V. Special Accommodations Model Technical Advisory Committee
VI. Copies of the Charter (‘‘the Committee’’) is required by the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s DATES: The meeting will be held on Medicare Access and CHIP
functions, (2) the accuracy of the Wednesday, May 4, 2016, from 12:00 Reauthorization Act of 2015, 42 U.S.C
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 1395ee. This Committee is also
the quality, utility, and clarity of the (EDT) and it is open to the public. governed by provisions of the Federal
information to be collected, and (4) the ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5
use of automated collection techniques Room 800 of the Hubert H. Humphrey U.S.C App.), which sets forth standards
or other forms of information Building, 200 Independence Ave. SW., for the formation and use of federal
technology to minimize the information Washington, DC, 20201. advisory committees. In accordance
collection burden. with its statutory mandate, the
Meeting Registration Committee is to review physician-
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Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. The public may attend the meeting in- focused payment model proposals and
[FR Doc. 2016–09705 Filed 4–26–16; 8:45 am] person or listen by phone via audio prepare recommendations regarding
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teleconference. Space is limited and whether such models meet criteria that
registration is required in order to attend will be established through rulemaking
in-person or by phone. Registration may by the Secretary of Health and Human
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND be completed online at https:// Services (the Secretary). The Committee
HUMAN SERVICES www.regonline.com/ is composed of 11 members appointed
PTACMeetingsRegistration. All the by the Comptroller General with
Meeting Announcement for the following information must be staggered terms of 1, 2, and 3 years.
Physician-Focused Payment Model submitted when registering:
Technical Advisory Committee Name. II. Agenda
Required by the Medicare Access and Company name.
CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of The Committee will have initial
2015 Postal address. discussions about how physician-
Email address. focused payment models proposals will
ACTION: Notice of public meeting. If sign language interpretation or other be submitted and reviewed by the
reasonable accommodation for a Committee after the Secretary
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
meeting date for the Physician-Focused disability is needed, please contact Scott establishes criteria for physician-
R. Smith, no later than April 25, 2016 focused payment models through
Payment Model Technical Advisory
Committee (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the at the contact information listed below. rulemaking. There will be time allocated
Committee’’) on Wednesday, May 4, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: for public comment on a draft proposal
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Table of Contents and distributed on the Committee
Policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning
Dates and Evaluation, U.S. Department of listserv prior to the public meeting. The
Addresses Health and Human Services, 200 Committee will also discuss its
Meeting Registration Independence Ave. SW., Washington, activities in preparation for submission
For Further Information Contact of proposals once the Secretarial criteria
DC 20201, (202) 690–6870.
Supplementary Information
I. Purpose SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
are finalized.

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and it is open to the public.
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.
FR Citation		81 FR 24825