83 FR 44877 - Sunshine Act Meeting

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 171 (September 4, 2018)

Page Range		44877-44877
FR Document		2018-19229

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44877]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19229]


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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE:  Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

PLACE:  1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC (12th Floor).

STATUS:  This meeting will be open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 
Correction and Approval of Minutes for August 2, 2018
Draft Advisory Opinion 2018-11: Microsoft Corporation
Notice of Availability for REG 2018-02 (Leadership PACs' Personal Use)
Implementation of OMB Circular A-123: Internal Control Program
Management and Administrative Matters

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:  Judith Ingram, Press Officer, 
Telephone: (202) 694-1220.
    Individuals who plan to attend and require special assistance, such 
as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, 
should contact Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 694-1040, 
at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date.

Dayna C. Brown,
Secretary and Clerk of the Commission.
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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request interviewing are spaced about 5 months
Compliance matters pursuant to 52 that the Office of Management and apart. The interview will take place
U.S.C. 30109 Budget (OMB) approve the proposed with a family respondent who will
Matters concerning participation in civil information collection project ‘‘Medical report for him/herself and for other
actions or proceedings or arbitration Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) family members.
* * * * * Household Component and the MEPS The MEPS–HC has the following goal:
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Medical Provider Component.’’ D To provide nationally
Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: This proposed information collection representative estimates for the U.S.
(202) 694–1220. was previously published in the Federal civilian noninstitutionalized population
Register on June 4, 2018 and allowed 60 for:
Laura E. Sinram, days for public comment. AHRQ did not Æ Health care use, expenditures,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission. receive substantive comments from sources of payment
[FR Doc. 2018–19230 Filed 8–30–18; 4:15 pm] members of the public. The purpose of Æ health insurance coverage
BILLING CODE 6715–01–P this notice is to allow an additional 30
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
days for public comment.
(MEPS) Medical Provider Component
DATES: Comments on this notice must be (MPC)
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION received by October 4, 2018.
The MEPS–MPC will contact medical
Sunshine Act Meeting ADDRESSES: Written comments should
providers (hospitals, physicians, home
be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk
health agencies and institutions)
TIME AND DATE: Thursday, September 6, Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974
identified by household respondents in
2018 at 3:00 p.m. (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by
the MEPS–HC as sources of medical
PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, email at OIRA_submission@
care for the time period covered by the
Washington, DC (12th Floor). omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk
interview, and all pharmacies providing
STATUS: This meeting will be open to officer).
prescription drugs to household
the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: members during the covered time
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports period. The MEPS–MPC is not designed
Correction and Approval of Minutes for Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by to yield national estimates as a stand-
August 2, 2018 email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. alone survey. The sample is designed to
Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–11: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: target the types of individuals and
Microsoft Corporation providers for whom household reported
Notice of Availability for REG 2018–02 Proposed Project
expenditure data was expected to be
(Leadership PACs’ Personal Use) Medical Expenditure Panel Survey insufficient. For example, Medicaid
Implementation of OMB Circular A– enrollees are targeted for inclusion in
(MEPS) Household Component (HC)
123: Internal Control Program the MEPS–MPC because this group is
Management and Administrative In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, expected to have limited information
Matters
AHRQ invites the public the comment about payments for their medical care.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: The MEPS–MPC collects event level
Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: on this proposed information collection.
For over thirty years, results from the data about medical care received by
(202) 694–1220. sampled persons during the relevant
Individuals who plan to attend and MEPS and its predecessor surveys (the
1977 National Medical Care time period. The data collected from
require special assistance, such as sign medical providers include:
language interpretation or other Expenditure Survey, the 1980 National
reasonable accommodations, should Medical Care Utilization and • Dates on which medical encounters
contact Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and Expenditure Survey and the 1987 during the reference period occurred
National Medical Expenditure Survey) • Data on the medical content of each
Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, at least 72
have been used by OMB, DHHS, encounter, including ICD–10 codes
hours prior to the meeting date.
Congress and a wide number of health • Data on the charges associated with
Dayna C. Brown, services researchers to analyze health each encounter, the sources paying for
Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. care use, expenses and health policy. the medical care-including the
[FR Doc. 2018–19229 Filed 8–30–18; 4:15 pm] Major changes continue to take place patient/family, public sources, and
BILLING CODE 6715–01–P in the health care delivery system. The private insurance, and amounts paid
MEPS is needed to provide information by each source
about the current state of the health care Data collected from pharmacies
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND system as well as to track changes over include:
HUMAN SERVICES time. The MEPS permits annual • Date of prescription fill
estimates of use of health care and • National drug code (NDC) or
Agency for Healthcare Research and expenditures and sources of payment prescription name, strength and form
Quality for that health care. It also permits • Quantity
tracking individual change in • Payments, by source
Agency Information Collection employment, income, health insurance The MEPS–MPC has the following
Activities: Proposed Collection; and health status over two years. The
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goal:
Comment Request use of the NHIS as a sampling frame • To serve as an imputation source
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research expands the MEPS analytic capacity by for and to supplement/replace
and Quality, HHS. providing another data point for household reported expenditure and
ACTION: Notice. comparisons over time. source of payment information. This
Households selected for participation data will supplement, replace and verify
SUMMARY: This notice announces the in the MEPS–HC are interviewed five information provided by household
intention of the Agency for Healthcare times in person. These rounds of respondents about the charges,

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Dates		Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.
FR Citation		83 FR 44877