[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 13346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04524]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-1597-N2]
Medicare Program; Changes to the Semi-Annual Meeting of the
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP Panel)--March 11 and
March 12, 2013
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting date and time, location, and format change.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces changes to the meeting date and time,
location, and format of the first semi-annual public meeting of 2013
that was announced and published in the Federal Register on November
26, 2012, entitled ``Medicare Program; Semi-Annual Meeting of the
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP Panel)--March 11 and
12, 2013.''
DATES: Monday, March 11, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight
Time (EDT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Braver, (410) 786-3985.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On November 26, 2012, we published a notice in the Federal Register
(77 FR 70447) announcing the first semi-annual meeting of the Advisory
Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP, the Panel) for 2013. We note
that the November 26, 2012 notice provides specific information on the
purpose of the meeting and the agenda. This information remains the
same and has not changed with the exception of the meeting date and
time, location, and format as specified in this notice. We refer
readers to that previously published notice for general information.
II. Provisions of the Notice
The November 26, 2012, notice announced an in-person meeting to be
held over two days, March 11 through 12, 2013. Since the publication of
that notice, the date and time, location, and format of the Panel
meeting has changed. Therefore, we are publishing this notice to
provide the public with the necessary information related to this
upcoming public Panel meeting.
First, the November 26, 2012, notice included the published date of
the Panel meeting as Monday, March 11, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT
and Tuesday, March 12, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. The Panel
meeting date and time has been changed and will only take place on
March 11, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
Second, the November 26, 2012 notice included, the published
meeting location as the CMS Central Office Auditorium, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Woodlawn, Maryland 21244-1850. The Panel meeting format has
been changed to Teleconference, Webcast, and Webinar. Therefore, there
will no longer be an in-person meeting location for this public Panel
meeting. Participants should view the CMS Web site at: http://cms.hhs.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.html for the most
current details regarding the meeting.
Participants who have registered to attend the in-person meeting
based on the November 26, 2012 notice do not have to re-register. The
teleconference dial-in instructions, and related webcast and webinar
details will be posted on the CMS Web site approximately 1 week prior
to the meeting at: http://cms.hhs.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.html. Interested
participants who did not register will be able to access the
teleconference, webcast, and webinar by following the instructions on
the above CMS Web site.
III. Collection of Information Requirements
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 (44 U.S.C. 35).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program; No. 93.773
Medicare--Hospital Insurance Program; and No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: February 20, 2012.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2013-04524 Filed 2-22-13; 4:15 pm]
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