[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60850-60851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23931]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Putting the Person at the Center: Integrating Plans for Long-Term 
Services and Supports and Health Care Delivery through Health 
Information Technology; Public Workshop; Request for Comments

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living and Office of the National 
Coordinator on Health Information Technology, Department of Health and 
Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop; request for comments.

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    The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announce the following 
workshop, Putting the Person at the Center: Integrating Plans for Long-
Term Services and Supports and Health Care Delivery through Health 
Information Technology. ACL and the ONC (collectively referred to for 
the purpose of this notice as ``the Agencies'') seek input from 
stakeholders and experts on the use of health information technology 
(health IT) to enable a person-centered approach for planning and 
delivering both long-term services and supports (LTSS) and health care, 
including how to improve communication and collaboration among 
community-based organizations and health care partners. The topics to 
be discussed include person-centered planning and how it can serve as a 
focus for integrating health IT and LTSS; key opportunities and 
challenges; and, delivery and payment reform policy levers that could 
be used to accelerate the development of technology solutions in this 
arena.
    Using health IT to support person and family-centered planning can 
provide a path to improving communication and quality of health care 
and LTSS, and ensuring that the individual's preferences, priorities 
and goals are the foundation for that plan and are addressed across the 
spectrum of health care and LTSS settings. Health care LTSS providers 
play a critical role in this care continuum. However the pace of health 
IT adoption and interoperable communication varies across systems. 
Interoperable health IT systems that reach across settings and health 
care and community partners would not only enhance communication, 
transitional care, and care coordination activities currently underway 
within programs funded by the Affordable Care Act, but could also 
facilitate the development of an accessible, integrated, person-
centered plan that would better allow individuals to achieve their 
goals, manage their services, and enhance their quality of life.
    Date and Times: The public workshop will be held on Thursday, 
October 16, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 4:15pm.
    Location: The public workshop will be held at the Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington DC 20201, 
Room 800.
    Contact person: Caroline Ryan ([email protected])
    Registration: Registration is free and available on a first-come, 
first-served basis. Persons interested in attending this public 
workshop in-person must register online by 5 p.m., on October 10, 2014. 
Early registration is recommended because facilities are limited. 
Onsite registration on the day of the public workshop will not be 
available.
    If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Caroline Ryan ([email protected]) no later than October 
10, 2014.
    To register to attend the public workshop in-person, please visit: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advancing-person-centered-care-planning-and-integration-of-ltss-and-health-care-information-through-tickets-13337042453#. Please provide complete contact information for each 
attendee, including name, title, affiliation, email, and telephone 
number. Those without internet access should contact Caroline

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Ryan ([email protected]) to register. Registrants will receive 
confirmation after they have been accepted.
    Webcast of the Public Workshop: This public workshop will also be 
available by webcast. Those interested in joining the webcast must 
register no later than October 14, 2014. Early registration is 
recommended; conference lines are limited. To register for the webcast, 
please visit: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2329630204976253953. Call details will be sent to all registered 
participants after October 14, 2014.
    Requests for Public Comment: This public workshop will include 
topic-focused sessions with opportunities for public comment in-person 
or via webcast. The agencies will do their best to accommodate requests 
to make public comments. Individuals and organizations with common 
interests are urged to consolidate or coordinate their comments.
    Comments: The agencies seek broad input from stakeholders and 
experts on the use of health information technology (health IT) for the 
purposes of developing an integrated, person-centered plan, including 
how to improve communication and collaboration among community-based 
organizations and health care partners. To obtain broad public comment, 
the Agencies are soliciting comments on all aspects of the public 
workshop topics.
    The deadline for submitting comments related to this public 
workshop is October 31, 2014.
    Please submit comments to: [email protected]
    Transcript: The meeting will be transcribed. A transcript and 
meeting materials will be posted on the healthit.gov Web site at: 
http://healthitgov-stage.ahrqstg.org/person-centered-care.

    Dated: October 1, 2014.
Jacob Reider,
Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2014-23931 Filed 10-7-14; 8:45 am]
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