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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
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Medicare Program; Meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory 
Council

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Practicing 
Physicians Advisory Council. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for December 12, 1994, from 8 a.m. 
until 5 p.m. e.s.t.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 800, 8th Floor of the 
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha DiSario, Executive Director, 
Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, Room 425-H, Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 
690-7874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Department of Health 
and Human Services (the Secretary) is mandated by section 1868 of the 
Social Security Act, as added by section 4112 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA '90) (Public Law 101-508, enacted on 
November 5, 1990), to appoint a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council 
(the Council) based on nominations submitted by medical organizations 
representing physicians. The Council meets quarterly to discuss certain 
proposed changes in regulations and carrier manual instructions related 
to physicians' services, as identified by the Secretary. To the extent 
feasible and consistent with statutory deadlines, the consultation must 
occur before publication of the proposed changes. The Council submits 
an annual report on its recommendations to the Secretary and the 
Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration not later 
than December 31 of each year.
    The Council consists of 15 physicians, each of whom has submitted 
at least 250 claims for physicians' services under Medicare in the 
previous year. Members of the Council include both participating and 
nonparticipating physicians, and physicians practicing in rural and 
underserved urban areas. At least 11 members must be doctors of 
medicine or osteopathy authorized to practice medicine and surgery by 
the States in which they practice. Members have been invited to serve 
for overlapping 4-year terms.
    The current members are: Gary C. Dennis, M.D.; Catalina E. Garcia, 
M.D.; Harvey P. Hanlen, O.D.; Kenneth D. Hansen, M.D.; Isabel V. 
Hoverman, M.D.; Sandral Hullett, M.D.; Jerilynn S. Kaibel, D.C.; 
William D. Kirsch, D.E., M.P.H.; Marie G. Kuffner, M.D.; Katherine L. 
Markette, M.D.; Kenton K. Moss, M.D.; Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.; Richard 
B. Tompkins, M.D.; Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., M.D.; and James C. Waites, 
M.D. The chairperson is Richard B. Tompkins, M.D.
    The eleventh meeting of the Council will be held on December 12, 
1994. The following topics will be discussed at that meeting:
     Autopsy recognition.
     Proposed billing and payment policy for automated multi-
channel laboratory testing.
     Increasing physicians' participation in the Health Care 
Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP). HCQIP is a program to support 
providers' and physicians' operational and quality improvement efforts. 
The efforts produce measurable improvements in process and outcome 
while building the capacity for improvement. These activities, as 
carried out by local peer review organizations, are called projects. We 
are also working with outside organizations to increase physician 
participation in the development and improvement of these projects. We 
have also convened a steering committee of leaders in the physician 
community to help us develop quality indicators for use in these 
projects.
     Medicare and Medicaid common data initiative. The topic 
concerns essential encounter data that can be used for utilization 
analysis, appropriate rate-setting, but most importantly, as a data 
template to examine clinical outcome measures.
    Individuals or organizations who wish to make 5-minute oral 
presentations on the above issues must contact the Executive Director 
to be scheduled. For the name, address, and telephone number of the 
Executive Director, see the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section at 
the beginning of this notice. The number of oral presentations may be 
limited by the time available.
    Anyone who is not scheduled to speak may submit written comments to 
the Executive Director. The meeting is open to the public, but 
attendance is limited to the space available on a first-come basis.

(Section 1868 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ee) and 
section 10(a) of Public Law 92-463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)); 
45 CFR Part 11.)

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773, 
Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program.)

    Dated: November 14, 1994.
Bruce C. Vladeck,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-28853 Filed 11-22-94; 8:45 am]
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