82_FR_20565 82 FR 20482 - Meeting Announcement for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee Required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015

82 FR 20482 - 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 82, Issue 83 (May 2, 2017)

Page Range20482-20482
FR Document2017-08846

This notice announces the next meeting date for the Physician- Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as ``the Committee'') which will be held in Washington, DC and will be open to the public.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 83 (Tuesday, May 2, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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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 next meeting date for the Physician-
Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (hereafter referred 
to as ``the Committee'') which will be held in Washington, DC and will 
be open to the public.

DATES: The PTAC meeting will occur on the following dates:
 Monday, June 5, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

    Please note that times are subject to change. If the times change, 
registrants will be notified directly via email.

ADDRESSES: The Hubert H. Humphrey Building Great Hall, 200 Independence 
Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Page, 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 Section 101(e) of the Medicare 
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). 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 were 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.

II. Agenda

    At the June 5, 2017 meeting, the Committee will hear presentations 
by PTAC members on proposals for Medicare physician-focused payment 
models submitted by members of the public. Presentations will be 
followed by public comments and Committee deliberation and voting on 
recommendations to the Secretary of HHS. There will be time allocated 
for public comment on these agenda items as well as other issues the 
public would like to raise. Documents will be posted on the PTAC Web 
site prior to the public meeting. The agenda is subject to change. If 
the agenda does change, we will inform registrants and update our Web 
site to reflect any changes.

III. Meeting Attendance

    The June 5, 2017 meeting is open to the public. The public may also 
attend via conference call or livestream at www.hhs.gov/live. The 
conference call dial-in information will be sent to registrants prior 
to the meeting.

Meeting Registration

    The public may attend the meeting in-person or listen by phone via 
audio teleconference. Space is limited and registration is preferred in 
order to attend in-person or by phone. Registration may be completed 
online at www.regonline.com/PTACMeetingsRegistration.
    The following information is submitted when registering:
    Name:
    Company/organization name:
    Postal address:
    Email address:
    A confirmation email will be sent to the registrants shortly after 
completing the registration process.

IV. Special Accommodations

    If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation 
for a disability is needed, please contact Angela Tejeda, no later than 
May 19, 2017. Please submit your requests by email to 
Angela.Tejeda@hhs.gov or by calling 202-401-8297.

V. Copies of the PTAC Charter and Meeting Material

    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/charter-physician-focused-payment-model-technical-advisory-committee.
    Additional material for this meeting can be found on the PTAC Web 
site. For updates and announcements, please use the link to subscribe 
to the PTAC email listserv.

    Dated: April 24, 2017.
John R. Graham,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
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This Committee is also Angela Tejeda, no later than May 19, policyholders and subscribers, which governed by provisions of the Federal 2017. Please submit your requests by will reduce burden on issuers. It is Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 email to Angela.Tejeda@hhs.gov or by estimated that there will be a net U.S.C. App.), which sets forth standards calling 202–401–8297. reduction in total burden from 235,148 for the formation and use of federal V. Copies of the PTAC Charter and to 200,597. Form Number: CMS–10418 advisory committees. In accordance Meeting Material (OMB Control Number: 0938–1164); with its statutory mandate, the Frequency: Annually; Affected Public: Committee is to review physician- The Secretary’s Charter for the Private Sector, Business or other for- focused payment model proposals and Physician-Focused Payment Model profit and not-for-profit institutions; prepare recommendations regarding Technical Advisory Committee is Number of Respondents: 545; Number whether such models meet criteria that available on the ASPE Web site at of Responses: 2,532; Total Annual were established through rulemaking by https://aspe.hhs.gov/charter-physician- Hours: 200,597. (For policy questions the Secretary of Health and Human focused-payment-model-technical- regarding this collection contact Services (the Secretary). The Committee advisory-committee. Christina Whitefield at 301–492–4172.) Additional material for this meeting is composed of 11 members appointed can be found on the PTAC Web site. For Dated: April 27, 2017. by the Comptroller General. updates and announcements, please use William N. Parham, III, II. Agenda the link to subscribe to the PTAC email Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office At the June 5, 2017 meeting, the listserv. of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Committee will hear presentations by Dated: April 24, 2017. Affairs. [FR Doc. 2017–08848 Filed 5–1–17; 8:45 am] PTAC members on proposals for John R. Graham, Medicare physician-focused payment Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and BILLING CODE 4120–01–P models submitted by members of the Evaluation. public. Presentations will be followed [FR Doc. 2017–08846 Filed 5–1–17; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND by public comments and Committee BILLING CODE 4150–05–P HUMAN SERVICES deliberation and voting on recommendations to the Secretary of Meeting Announcement for the HHS. There will be time allocated for DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Physician-Focused Payment Model public comment on these agenda items HUMAN SERVICES Technical Advisory Committee as well as other issues the public would like to raise. Documents will be posted National Institutes of Health Required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of on the PTAC Web site prior to the National Institute on Minority Health 2015 public meeting. The agenda is subject to and Health Disparities; Notice of change. If the agenda does change, we ACTION: Notice of public meeting. Closed Meeting will inform registrants and update our Web site to reflect any changes. Pursuant to section 10(d) of the SUMMARY: This notice announces the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as next meeting date for the Physician- III. Meeting Attendance amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is Focused Payment Model Technical The June 5, 2017 meeting is open to hereby given of the following meeting. Advisory Committee (hereafter referred the public. The public may also attend The meeting will be closed to the to as ‘‘the Committee’’) which will be via conference call or livestream at public in accordance with the held in Washington, DC and will be www.hhs.gov/live. The conference call provisions set forth in sections open to the public. dial-in information will be sent to 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., DATES: The PTAC meeting will occur on registrants prior to the meeting. as amended. The grant applications and the following dates: the discussions could disclose • Monday, June 5, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. Meeting Registration confidential trade secrets or commercial to 4:00 p.m. ET The public may attend the meeting in- property such as patentable materials, Please note that times are subject to person or listen by phone via audio and personal information concerning change. If the times change, registrants teleconference. Space is limited and individuals associated with the grant will be notified directly via email. registration is preferred in order to applications, the disclosure of which ADDRESSES: The Hubert H. Humphrey attend in-person or by phone. would constitute a clearly unwarranted Building Great Hall, 200 Independence Registration may be completed online at invasion of personal privacy. Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201. www.regonline.com/PTACMeetings Name of Committee: National Institute on sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Registration. Minority Health and Health Disparities Page, Designated Federal Officer, at the The following information is Special Emphasis Panel; NIMHD Research submitted when registering: Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Office of Health Policy, Assistant Name: (U54). Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Date: June 21–23, 2017. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe PTAC meeting will occur on the following dates: <bullet> Monday, June 5, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
ContactAnn Page, 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 Citation82 FR 20482 
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