[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Inspector General
42 CFR Part 1001
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception;
Meetings
AGENCY: Office of Inspector General (OIG), HHS.
ACTION: Meeting of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the revised dates for the seventh set
of meetings of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk
Exception. The purpose of this Committee is to negotiate the
development of an interim final rule addressing the shared risk
exception to the Federal health care programs' anti-kickback
provisions, as statutorily-mandated by section 216 of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
DATES: The next series of meetings will be held on January 21 and 22,
1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The January sessions will be held at the Holiday Inn
Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024, as previously
announced.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries regarding these sessions
should be addressed to Joel Schaer, OIG Regulations Officer, Office of
Counsel to the Inspector General, Room 5518, Cohen Building, 330
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201; or call (202) 619-0089.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The dates for the next series of meetings
for the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception,
originally scheduled for January 20 through 22, 1998 (62 FR 63689,
December 2, 1997), have been revised. The Committee will now plan to
meet only on January 21 and 22, 1998.
The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception
been established to provide advice and make recommendations to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the text or
content of an interim final rule that will establish standards relating
to the exception to the anti-kickback statute for risk-sharing
arrangements. set forth in section 1128B(b)(3)(F) of the Social
Security Act. The exception was enacted by section 216 of Public Law
104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) of 1996. Section 216 of HIPAA provides that the Secretary will
promulgate regulations that establish standards for the exception using
an expedited negotiated rulemaking process. In the January meeting, the
Committee will conclude discussion of issues relating to the
development of the interim final rule and the options for resolving
those issues.
Both the January 21 and 22, 1998 meetings will be open to the
public without advanced registration. A summary of all proceedings of
these meetings and relevant matters and other material will also be
available for public inspection at the address listed above from the
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or can be accessed through the OIG web
site located at http://www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oig. Notice of this meeting
is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
Dated December 19, 1997.
D. McCarty Thornton,
Chief Counsel to the Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 98-30 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
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