[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50523-50524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24273]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-1090-N]
Medicare Program; October 6, 1999 and November 15, 1999, Meetings
of the Competitive Pricing Demonstration Area Advisory Committee,
Kansas City, MO Metropolitan Area
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, this notice announces two meetings of the Competitive
Pricing Demonstration Area Advisory Committee (AAC), Kansas City, MO
Metropolitan Area on October 6, 1999 and November 15, 1999.
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) requires the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish a
demonstration project under which payments to Medicare+Choice
organizations in designated areas are determined in accordance with a
competitive pricing methodology. The BBA requires the Secretary to
appoint an AAC in each designated demonstration area to advise on
implementation of the project, including the marketing and pricing of
the plan and other factors. The AAC meetings are open to the public.
DATES: The meetings are scheduled for October 6, 1999, from 9:00 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m., c.d.s.t. and November 15, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. until
4:30 p.m., c.s.t.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Adam's Mark Hotel, 9103 E.
39th Street, Kansas City, MO 64133.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Brummel, Acting Regional
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Richard Bolling
Federal Building, Room 235, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO
64106, (816) 426-5233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 4011 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) requires the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the
Secretary) to establish a demonstration project under which payments to
Medicare+Choice organizations in designated areas are determined in
accordance with a competitive pricing methodology.
Section 4012(a) of the BBA requires the Secretary to appoint a
Competitive Pricing Advisory Committee (the CPAC) to make
recommendations concerning the designation of areas for inclusion in
the project and appropriate research designs for implementing the
project. Once an area is designated as a demonstration site, section
4012(b) of the BBA requires the Secretary to appoint an Area Advisory
Committee (AAC) to advise on the marketing and pricing of the plan in
the area and other factors. Thus far, the Kansas City, MO Metropolitan
Area and Maricopa County, AZ have been designated as demonstration
sites.
The Kansas City, MO Metropolitan Area AAC has previously met on
March 26, 1999, April 8, 1999, April 22, 1999, May 12, 1999, and July
22, 1999. The Kansas City AAC is composed of representatives of health
plans, providers, employers, and Medicare beneficiaries in the area.
The members are: E.J. Holland, Chair, Sprint Corporation; Robert S.
Bonney, Saint Luke's Shawnee Mission Health System; Hazel Borders,
Beneficiary; Richard W. Brown, Health MidWest; Cynthia A. Finter,
Kaiser Permanente; Tresia Franklin, Hallmark Cards; Alan O. Freeman,
Cass Medical Center; Herman Johnson, Beneficiary; John W. Kennedy, Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of Kansas City; Mike Oxford, Topeka Independent
Living Resource Center; Jean D. Rumbaugh, HealthNet; Kathleen Sebelius,
Kansas Insurance Commissioner; Zarina Shockley-Sparling, Humana Health
Plan; Jan Stallmeyer, Principal Health Care; Charles Van Way, M.D., St.
Luke's Hospital; Barry Wilkinson, Heavy Construction Workers Local 663;
and Esther V. Wolf, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of
Social Welfare. In accordance with section 4012(b) of the BBA, the AAC
will exist for the duration of the project in the area.
This notice announces two meetings of the Kansas City, MO
Metropolitan Area AAC. The meetings will be held on:
October 6, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., c.d.s.t.,
at the Adam's Mark Hotel, 9103 E. 39th Street, Kansas City, MO 64133.
November 15, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., c.s.t.,
at the Adam's Mark Hotel, 9103 E. 39th Street, Kansas City, MO 64133.
The agenda for the October 6, 1999, meeting will include the
following:
A discussion of the status of local efforts to educate and
inform beneficiaries, providers, and others about the demonstration.
A review and contrast of the standard benefit package
previously developed to the health plan benefits proposed for 2000.
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A discussion of a schedule for all implementation
activities leading to the start-up on January 1, 2001.
Other issues involving implementation of the demonstration
in Kansas City, MO.
The agenda for the November 15, 1999, meeting will include the
following:
Reports of progress on development of risk adjustment
alternatives and quality incentives.
Decisions on the standard benefit package and outreach and
communication initiatives for Kansas City, MO.
A discussion of the bid solicitation and review process.
Individuals or organizations that wish to make 5-minute oral
presentations on the agenda issues listed above should contact the
Kansas City Acting Regional Administrator, by 12 noon, for each of the
following days:
September 29, 1999, for the first meeting.
November 8, 1999, for the second meeting.
Anyone who is not scheduled to speak may submit written comments to
the Kansas City Acting Regional Administrator, by 12 noon, for each of
the following days:
September 30, 1999, for the first meeting.
November 9, 1999, for the second meeting.
These meetings are open to the public, but attendance is limited to
the space available.
(Section 4012 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-33
(42 U.S.C.1395w-23 note) and section 10(a) of Public Law 92-463 (5
U.S.C. App.2, section 10(a))
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.773,
Medicare--Hospital Insurance; and Program No. 93.774, Medicare--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: September 14, 1999.
Michael M. Hash,
Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
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