[Federal Register: April 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 69)]
[Notices]
[Page 19090]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-5033-N6]
Medicare Program; Cancellation of the April 13, 2005 Advisory
Board Meeting 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: Cancellation of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice cancels the April 13, 2005 Advisory Board Meeting
on the Demonstration of a Bundled Case-Mix Adjusted Payment System for
End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services. We published the meeting
notice in the Federal Register on March 25, 2005 (70 FR 15343).
DATES: Effective Date: The notice announcing the cancellation of the
meeting is effective April 12, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Kelly by e-mail at
ESRDAdvisoryBoard@cms.hhs.gov or telephone at (410) 786-2461.
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. On January 28, 2005, we published a
Federal Register notice (70 FR 4132) announcing 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. The first public
meeting of the Advisory Board was held on February 16, 2005. The second
public meeting of the Advisory Board scheduled for April 13, 2005 has
been cancelled.
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: April 7, 2005.
Mark B. McClellan,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 05-7408 Filed 4-8-05; 1:51 pm]
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