[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63689-63690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31473]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Inspector General

42 CFR Part 1001


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception; 
Meetings

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General (OIG), HHS.

ACTION: Meeting of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
document announced the dates and location for the sixth and seventh set 
of meetings by the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk 
Exception. The purpose of this committee is to negotiate the 
development of an interim final rule addressing the shared risk 
exception to the Federal health care programs' anti-kickback 
provisions, as statutorily-mandated by section 216 of the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

DATES: The next series of meetings will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m. on December 16, 17 and 18, 1997. The seventh series of meetings 
will be held on January 20, 21 and 22, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Both the December and January meetings will be held at the 
Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquires regarding these meetings should be addressed to Joel Schaer, 
OIG Regulations Officer, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, 
Room 5518, Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20201; or call (202) 619-0089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the 
Shared Risk Exception has been established to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services with 
respect to the text or content of an interim final rule that will 
establish standards relating to the exception to the anti-kickback 
statute for risk-sharing arrangements, set forth in section 
1128B(b)(3)(F) of the Social Security Act. The exception was enacted by 
section 216 of Pub. L. 104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. Section 216 of HIPAA provides that 
the Secretary will promulgate regulations that establish standards for 
the exception using an expedited negotiated rulemaking process.
    During the scheduled December and January meetings, the committee 
will continue to discuss issues relating to the development of the 
interim final rule and to generate and discuss options for resolving 
those issues.
    The meetings will be open to the public without advanced 
registration. A summary of all proceedings of these meetings and 
relevant matters and other material will also be available for public 
inspection at the address listed above from the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m., or can be accessed through the OIG web site located at 
http://www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oig.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).

    Dated: November 21, 1997.
June Gibbs Brown,
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 97-31473 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]
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