[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69538-69539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32165]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-3029-N]


Medicare Program; Meeting of the Medical and Surgical Procedures 
Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee--January 19 and 20, 
2000

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Medical and 
Surgical Procedures Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee 
(MCAC). The panel provides advice and recommendations to the agency 
about clinical coverage issues. The panel will hear and discuss 
presentations from interested persons regarding behavioral 
interventions (pelvic muscle rehabilitation) for the management of non-
neurogenic urinary incontinence in adults. The meeting will primarily 
focus on two management options: biofeedback and pelvic floor 
electrical stimulation. Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and 
(a)(2)).

DATES:
    The Meeting: The meeting will be held on January 19, 2000 from 8:30 
a.m. until 5 p.m., E.D.T., and on January 20, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. 
until 3:00 p.m., E.D.T.

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    Deadline for Presentations and Comments: You must submit formal 
presentations and written comments to the For Further Information 
Contact by December 29, 1999, 5 p.m., E.D.T.
    Special Accommodations: Persons attending the meeting who are 
hearing or visually impaired and have special requirements, or a 
condition that requires special assistance or accommodations, are asked 
to notify the Executive Secretary by December 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Meeting: The meeting will be held at the Baltimore 
Marriott Inner Harbor, 110 S. Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
    Presentations and Comments: Submit formal presentations and written 
comments to Constance A. Conrad, Executive Secretary; Office of 
Clinical Standards and Quality; Health Care Financing Administration; 
7500 Security Boulevard; Mail Stop S3-02-01; Baltimore, MD 21244.
    Website: You may access up to date information on this meeting at 
www.hcfa.gov/quality/8b.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance A. Conrad, Executive 
Secretary, 410-786-4631.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 13, 1999, we published a notice 
(64 FR 44231) to describe the MCAC, which provides advice and 
recommendations to us about clinical coverage issues. This notice 
announces the following public meeting of the MCAC:

Current Panel Members

    Alan M. Garber, M.D.; Michael D. Maves, M.D.; Angus M. McBryde, 
M.D.; H. Logan Holtgrewe, M.D.; Kenneth P. Brin, M.D.; Les J. Zendle, 
M.D.; Bruce Sigsbee, M.D.; Linda D. Bradley, M.D.; James P. Rathmell, 
M.D.; Arnold M. Epstein, M.D.; Phyllis E. Greenberger, M.S.W.; Marshall 
S. Stanton, M.D.

Meeting Topic

    The Panel will hear and discuss presentations from interested 
persons regarding behavioral interventions for the management of non-
neurogenic urinary incontinence in adults. The meeting will primarily 
focus on two management options: biofeedback and pelvic floor 
electrical stimulation.

Procedure and Agenda

    This meeting is open to the public. The panel will hear oral 
presentations from the public for approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes 
on the first day of the meeting. The Panel may limit the number and 
duration of oral presentations to the time available. It you wish to 
make formal presentations you must notify the For Further Information 
Contact, and submit the following by the Deadline for Presentations and 
Comments date listed in the Dates section of this notice: a brief 
statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments you wish 
to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an 
estimate of the time required to make the presentation. We will request 
that you declare at the meeting whether or not you have any financial 
involvement with manufacturers of any items or services being discussed 
(or with their competitors).
    After the public presentation, we will make a presentation to the 
Panel. After our presentation, the Panel will deliberate openly on the 
topic. Interested persons may observe the deliberations, but the Panel 
will not hear further comments during this time except at the request 
of the chairperson. At the end of the Panel deliberations, the Panel 
will allow at least a 30-minute open public session for any attendee to 
address issues specific to the topic. After which, the members will 
vote and the panel will make its recommendation.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2).

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

    Dated: December 7, 1999.
Jeffrey L. Kang,
Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Health Care 
Financing Administration.
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