[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7408]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-5033-N6]


Medicare Program; Cancellation of the April 13, 2005 Advisory 
Board Meeting 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: Cancellation of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice cancels the April 13, 2005 Advisory Board Meeting 
on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for 
End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services. We published the meeting 
notice in the Federal Register on March 25, 2005 (70 FR 15343).

DATES: Effective Date: The notice announcing the cancellation of the 
meeting is effective April 12, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Kelly by e-mail at 
[email protected] or telephone at (410) 786-2461.

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. On January 28, 2005, we published a 
Federal Register notice (70 FR 4132) announcing 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. The first public 
meeting of the Advisory Board was held on February 16, 2005. The second 
public meeting of the Advisory Board scheduled for April 13, 2005 has 
been cancelled.

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

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

    Dated: April 7, 2005.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 05-7408 Filed 4-8-05; 1:51 pm]
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