[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 13346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04524]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-1597-N2]


Medicare Program; Changes to the Semi-Annual Meeting of the 
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP Panel)--March 11 and 
March 12, 2013

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting date and time, location, and format change.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces changes to the meeting date and time, 
location, and format of the first semi-annual public meeting of 2013 
that was announced and published in the Federal Register on November 
26, 2012, entitled ``Medicare Program; Semi-Annual Meeting of the 
Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP Panel)--March 11 and 
12, 2013.''

DATES: Monday, March 11, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time (EDT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Braver, (410) 786-3985.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On November 26, 2012, we published a notice in the Federal Register 
(77 FR 70447) announcing the first semi-annual meeting of the Advisory 
Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP, the Panel) for 2013. We note 
that the November 26, 2012 notice provides specific information on the 
purpose of the meeting and the agenda. This information remains the 
same and has not changed with the exception of the meeting date and 
time, location, and format as specified in this notice. We refer 
readers to that previously published notice for general information.

II. Provisions of the Notice

    The November 26, 2012, notice announced an in-person meeting to be 
held over two days, March 11 through 12, 2013. Since the publication of 
that notice, the date and time, location, and format of the Panel 
meeting has changed. Therefore, we are publishing this notice to 
provide the public with the necessary information related to this 
upcoming public Panel meeting.
    First, the November 26, 2012, notice included the published date of 
the Panel meeting as Monday, March 11, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT 
and Tuesday, March 12, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. The Panel 
meeting date and time has been changed and will only take place on 
March 11, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
    Second, the November 26, 2012 notice included, the published 
meeting location as the CMS Central Office Auditorium, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Woodlawn, Maryland 21244-1850. The Panel meeting format has 
been changed to Teleconference, Webcast, and Webinar. Therefore, there 
will no longer be an in-person meeting location for this public Panel 
meeting. Participants should view the CMS Web site at: http://cms.hhs.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.html for the most 
current details regarding the meeting.
    Participants who have registered to attend the in-person meeting 
based on the November 26, 2012 notice do not have to re-register. The 
teleconference dial-in instructions, and related webcast and webinar 
details will be posted on the CMS Web site approximately 1 week prior 
to the meeting at: http://cms.hhs.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonAmbulatoryPaymentClassificationGroups.html. Interested 
participants who did not register will be able to access the 
teleconference, webcast, and webinar by following the instructions on 
the above CMS Web site.

III. Collection of Information Requirements

    This document does not impose information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements. Consequently, it need not be reviewed by 
the Office of Management and Budget under the authority of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 35).

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

    Dated: February 20, 2012.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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