[Federal Register: January 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 18)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-5033-N2]
Medicare Program; Meeting of the Advisory Board on the
Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for End-
Stage Renal Disease Services
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the first public meeting of the Advisory
Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment
System for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services. Notice of this
meeting is required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2)). The Advisory Board will provide
advice and recommendations with respect to the establishment and
operation of the demonstration mandated by section 623(e) of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
This notice also announces the appointment of eleven individuals to
serve as members of the Advisory Board, including one individual to
serve as co-chairperson, and one additional co-chairperson, who is
employed by CMS.
DATES: The meeting is on February 16, 2005 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
eastern standard time.
Special Accomodations: Persons attending the meeting, who are
hearing
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or visually impaired, or have a condition that requires special
assistance or accommodations, are asked to notify Pamela Kelly by
February 8, 2005 by e-mail at ESRDAdvisoryBoard@cms.hhs.gov or by
telephone at (410) 786-2461.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 300 Light
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
Attendance is limited to the space available, so seating will be on
a first come, first served basis.
Web site: Up-to-date information on this meeting is located at
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/faca/esrd.
Hotline: Up-to-date information on this meeting is located on the
CMS Advisory Committee Hotline at 1 (877) 449-5659 (toll free) or in
the Baltimore area at (410) 786-9379.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Kelly by e-mail at
ESRDAdvisoryBoard@cms.hhs.gov or telephone at (410) 786-2461. The CMS
Press Office at (202) 690-6145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 2, 2004, we published a Federal
Register notice requesting nominations for individuals to serve on the
Advisory Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted
Payment System for End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services. The June 2,
2004 notice also announced the establishment of the Advisory Board and
the signing by the Secretary on May 11, 2004 of the charter
establishing the Advisory Board. This notice announces the first public
meeting of this Advisory Board and the appointment of eleven
individuals to serve as members of the Advisory Board on the
Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for ESRD
Services, including one individual to serve as co-chairperson, and one
additional co-chairperson, who is employed by CMS.
I. Members of the Advisory Board
The Advisory Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix
Adjusted Payment System for ESRD Services members are: Dr. Robert Rubin
(Co-Chairperson), Clinical Professor of Medicine at Georgetown
University School of Medicine; Dr. John Burkart, Professor of Internal
Medicine/Nephrology at Wake Forest University; Tom Cantor, Owner of
Scantibodies Laboratory; Paula Cuellar, RN, Dialysis Care Center
Director for the University of Chicago Hospitals; Paul Eggers, Program
Director for Kidney and Urology Epidemiology, National Institute for
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of
Health; Bonnie Greenspan, Health Care Consultant; Dr. Michael J.
Lazarus, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical
Quality, Fresenius Medical Care NA; Dr. William Owen, Adjunct Professor
of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, and Senior Scholar,
Fuqua School of Business; Nancy Ray, Research Director for the Medicare
Payment Advisory Commission; Kris Robinson, Executive Director of the
American Association of Kidney Patients; and Dr. Jay Wish, President of
ESRD Networks 9 and 10. The Advisory Board will also be co-chaired by
Brady Augustine, a CMS employee.
II. Topics of the Advisory Board Meeting
The Advisory Board on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix
Adjusted Payment System for ESRD Services will study and make
recommendations on the following issues:
The drugs, biologicals, and clinical laboratory tests to
be bundled into the demonstration payment rates.
The method and approach to be used for the patient
characteristics to be included in the fully case-mix adjusted
demonstration payment system.
The manner in which payment for bundled services provided
by non-demonstration providers should be handled for beneficiaries
participating in the demonstration.
The feasibility of providing financial incentives and
penalties to organizations operating under the demonstration that meet
or fail to meet applicable quality standards.
The specific quality standards to be used.
The feasibility of using disease management techniques to
improve quality and patient satisfaction and reduce costs of care for
the beneficiaries participating in the demonstration.
The selection criteria for demonstration organizations.
III. Procedure and Agenda of the Advisory Board Meeting
This meeting is open to the public. First, the appointees will be
sworn in by a Federal Official. Each Advisory Board member will then be
given the opportunity to make a self-introduction. The Advisory Board
will hear background presentations from CMS. The Advisory Board will
then deliberate openly on the general topic and will make
recommendations on specific topics for future meetings. The Advisory
Board will also allow a 30-minute open public session. Interested
parties may speak or ask questions during the public comment period.
Comments may be limited by the time available. Written questions should
be submitted by February 8, 2005 to ESRDAdvisoryBoard@cms.hhs,gov.
Parties may also submit written comments following the meeting to the
contact listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.774,
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: January 26, 2005.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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