[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49323-49325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19698]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[CMS-7033-N]


Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's 
Health Insurance Programs; Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach 
and Education (APOE), September 12, 2014

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Advisory Panel on 
Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel) in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Panel advises and makes 
recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services on opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of 
consumer education strategies concerning the Health Insurance 
Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance 
Program (CHIP). This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: 
    Meeting Date: Friday, September 12, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
eastern daylight time (e.d.t.).
    Deadline for Meeting Registration, Presentations and Comments: 
Friday, August 29, 2014, 5:00 p.m., e.d.t.
    Deadline for Requesting Special Accommodations: Friday, August 29, 
2014, 5:00 p.m., e.d.t.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting Location: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 738 G, 
Conference Room, Washington, DC 20201.

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    Presentations and Written Comments: Kirsten Knutson, Acting 
Designated Federal Official (DFO), Division of Forum and Conference 
Development, Office of Communications, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mailstop S1-13-05, Baltimore, MD 
21244-1850 or contact Ms. Knutson via email at 
[email protected].
    Registration: The meeting is open to the public, but attendance is 
limited to the space available. Persons wishing to attend this meeting 
must register at the Web site http://events.SignUp4.com/SEP2014APOEMTG 
or by contacting the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section 
of this notice or by telephone at number listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice, by the date listed in the 
DATES section of this notice. Individuals requiring sign language 
interpretation or other special accommodations should contact the DFO 
at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice by the 
date listed in the DATES section of this notice. In accordance with the 
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services standards, and an effort for 
the public to engage virtually in the open meetings, this APOE meeting 
will be available to view via live web streaming by visiting the link 
www.cms.gov/live during the designated time of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirsten Knutson, (410) 786-5886. 
Additional information about the APOE is available on the Internet at: 
http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/APOE.html.
    Press inquiries are handled through the CMS Press Office at (202) 
690-6145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 10(a) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), this notice announces a meeting 
of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education (APOE) (the Panel). 
Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act authorizes the 
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the 
Secretary) to establish an advisory panel if the Secretary determines 
that the panel is ``in the public interest in connection with the 
performance of duties imposed . . . by law.'' Such duties are imposed 
by section 1804 of the Social Security Act (the Act), requiring the 
Secretary to provide informational materials to Medicare beneficiaries 
about the Medicare program, and section 1851(d) of the Act, requiring 
the Secretary to provide for ``activities . . . to broadly disseminate 
information to [M]edicare beneficiaries . . . on the coverage options 
provided under [Medicare Advantage] in order to promote an active, 
informed selection among such options.''
    The Panel is also authorized by section 1114(f) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1314(f)) and section 222 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 217a). The Secretary signed the charter establishing this Panel 
on January 21, 1999 (64 FR 7899, February 17, 1999) and approved the 
renewal of the charter on December 18, 2012 (78 FR 32661, May, 31, 
2013).
    Pursuant to the amended charter, the Panel advises and makes 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 
concerning optimal strategies for the following:
     Developing and implementing education and outreach 
programs for individuals enrolled in, or eligible for, the Health 
Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health 
Insurance Program (CHIP).
     Enhancing the federal government's effectiveness in 
informing Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP 
consumers, providers, and stakeholders pursuant to education and 
outreach programs of issues regarding these and other health coverage 
programs; including the appropriate use of public-private partnerships 
to leverage the resources of the private sector in educating 
beneficiaries, providers, and stakeholders.
     Expanding outreach to vulnerable and underserved 
communities, including racial and ethnic minorities, in the context of 
the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP 
education programs.
     Assembling and sharing an information base of ``best 
practices'' for helping consumers evaluate health plan options.
     Building and leveraging existing community infrastructures 
for information, counseling, and assistance.
     Drawing the program link between outreach and education, 
promoting consumer understanding of health care coverage choices and 
facilitating consumer selection/enrollment, which in turn support the 
overarching goal of improved access to quality care, including 
prevention services, envisioned under health care reform.
    The current members of the Panel are: Samantha Artiga, Principal 
Policy Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation; Joseph Baker, President, 
Medicare Rights Center; Kellan Baker, Associate Director, Center for 
American Progress; Philip Bergquist, Manager, Health Center Operations, 
CHIPRA Outreach & Enrollment Project and Director, Michigan Primary 
Care Association; Marjorie Cadogan, Executive Deputy Commissioner, 
Department of Social Services; Jonathan Dauphine, Senior Vice 
President, AARP; Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director, Boston Public 
Health Commission; Shelby Gonzales, Senior Health Outreach Associate, 
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities; Jan Henning, Benefits Counseling 
& Special Projects Coordinator, North Central Texas Council of 
Governments' Area Agency on Aging; Louise Knight, Director, The Sidney 
Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins; Miriam Mobley-
Smith, Dean, Chicago State University, College of Pharmacy; Ana Natale-
Pereira, Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical 
School; Roanne Osborne-Gaskin, M.D., Associate Medical Director, 
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island; Megan Padden, Vice President, 
Sentara Health Plans; Jeanne Ryer, Director, New Hampshire Citizens 
Health Initiative, University of New Hampshire; Carla Smith, Executive 
Vice President, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 
(HIMSS); Winston Wong, Medical Director, Community Benefit Director, 
Kaiser Permanente and Darlene Yee-Melichar, Professor & Coordinator, 
San Francisco State University.
    The agenda for the September 12, 2014 meeting will include the 
following:

 Welcome and listening session with CMS leadership
 Recap of the previous (May 22, 2014) meeting
 Affordable Care Act initiatives
 An opportunity for public comment
 Meeting summary, review of recommendations, and next steps

    Individuals or organizations that wish to make a 5-minute oral 
presentation on an agenda topic should submit a written copy of the 
oral presentation to the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice by the date listed in the DATES section of this 
notice. The number of oral presentations may be limited by the time 
available. Individuals not wishing to make an oral presentation may 
submit written comments to the DFO at the address listed in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice by the date listed in the DATES 
section of this notice.

    Authority:  Sec. 222 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
217a) and sec. 10(a) of Pub. L. 92-463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, sec. 10(a) 
and 41 CFR 102-3).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.733, 
Medicare--Hospital

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Insurance Program; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Program)

    Dated: August 12, 2014.
Marilyn Tavenner,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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