[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 18 (Friday, January 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4132-4133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1743]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-5033-N2]


Medicare Program; Meeting of the Advisory Board on the 
Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for End-
Stage Renal Disease Services

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the first public meeting of the Advisory 
Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment 
System for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services. Notice of this 
meeting is required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2)). The Advisory Board will provide 
advice and recommendations with respect to the establishment and 
operation of the demonstration mandated by section 623(e) of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. 
This notice also announces the appointment of eleven individuals to 
serve as members of the Advisory Board, including one individual to 
serve as co-chairperson, and one additional co-chairperson, who is 
employed by CMS.

DATES: The meeting is on February 16, 2005 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 
eastern standard time.
    Special Accomodations: Persons attending the meeting, who are 
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or visually impaired, or have a condition that requires special 
assistance or accommodations, are asked to notify Pamela Kelly by 
February 8, 2005 by e-mail at [email protected].gov or by 
telephone at (410) 786-2461.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 300 Light 
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
    Attendance is limited to the space available, so seating will be on 
a first come, first served basis.
    Web site: Up-to-date information on this meeting is located at 
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/faca/esrd.
    Hotline: Up-to-date information on this meeting is located on the 
CMS Advisory Committee Hotline at 1 (877) 449-5659 (toll free) or in 
the Baltimore area at (410) 786-9379.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Kelly by e-mail at 
[email protected].gov or telephone at (410) 786-2461. The CMS 
Press Office at (202) 690-6145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 2, 2004, we published a Federal 
Register notice requesting nominations for individuals to serve on the 
Advisory Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted 
Payment System for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services. The June 2, 
2004 notice also announced the establishment of the Advisory Board and 
the signing by the Secretary on May 11, 2004 of the charter 
establishing the Advisory Board. This notice announces the first public 
meeting of this Advisory Board and the appointment of eleven 
individuals to serve as members of the Advisory Board on the 
Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for ESRD 
Services, including one individual to serve as co-chairperson, and one 
additional co-chairperson, who is employed by CMS.

I. Members of the Advisory Board

    The Advisory Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix 
Adjusted Payment System for ESRD Services members are: Dr. Robert Rubin 
(Co-Chairperson), Clinical Professor of Medicine at Georgetown 
University School of Medicine; Dr. John Burkart, Professor of Internal 
Medicine/Nephrology at Wake Forest University; Tom Cantor, Owner of 
Scantibodies Laboratory; Paula Cuellar, RN, Dialysis Care Center 
Director for the University of Chicago Hospitals; Paul Eggers, Program 
Director for Kidney and Urology Epidemiology, National Institute for 
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of 
Health; Bonnie Greenspan, Health Care Consultant; Dr. Michael J. 
Lazarus, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical 
Quality, Fresenius Medical Care NA; Dr. William Owen, Adjunct Professor 
of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, and Senior Scholar, 
Fuqua School of Business; Nancy Ray, Research Director for the Medicare 
Payment Advisory Commission; Kris Robinson, Executive Director of the 
American Association of Kidney Patients; and Dr. Jay Wish, President of 
ESRD Networks 9 and 10. The Advisory Board will also be co-chaired by 
Brady Augustine, a CMS employee.

II. Topics of the Advisory Board Meeting

    The Advisory Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix 
Adjusted Payment System for ESRD Services will study and make 
recommendations on the following issues:
     The drugs, biologicals, and clinical laboratory tests to 
be bundled into the demonstration payment rates.
     The method and approach to be used for the patient 
characteristics to be included in the fully case-mix adjusted 
demonstration payment system.
     The manner in which payment for bundled services provided 
by non-demonstration providers should be handled for beneficiaries 
participating in the demonstration.
     The feasibility of providing financial incentives and 
penalties to organizations operating under the demonstration that meet 
or fail to meet applicable quality standards.
     The specific quality standards to be used.
     The feasibility of using disease management techniques to 
improve quality and patient satisfaction and reduce costs of care for 
the beneficiaries participating in the demonstration.
     The selection criteria for demonstration organizations.

III. Procedure and Agenda of the Advisory Board Meeting

    This meeting is open to the public. First, the appointees will be 
sworn in by a Federal Official. Each Advisory Board member will then be 
given the opportunity to make a self-introduction. The Advisory Board 
will hear background presentations from CMS. The Advisory Board will 
then deliberate openly on the general topic and will make 
recommendations on specific topics for future meetings. The Advisory 
Board will also allow a 30-minute open public session. Interested 
parties may speak or ask questions during the public comment period. 
Comments may be limited by the time available. Written questions should 
be submitted by February 8, 2005 to [email protected],gov. 
Parties may also submit written comments following the meeting to the 
contact listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this notice.

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


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Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
    Dated: January 26, 2005.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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