[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55738-55739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26752]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
[HCFA-3023-N]
Medicare Program; Meeting of the Laboratory and Diagnostic
Services Panel of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee--November 15
and 16, 1999
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Laboratory and
Diagnostic Services Panel (the Panel) of the Medicare Coverage Advisory
Committee. The Panel will discuss presentations from interested persons
regarding human tumor assay systems. This meeting is open to the public
and complies with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2,
section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2)).
DATES: The Meeting: November 15, 1999 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on
November 16, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, E.S.T.
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Deadline for Presentation Submissions: November 1, 1999.
Deadline for Submission of Final Comments: November 30, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The Meeting: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Inner
Harbor at 300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Presentations and Comments: Submit written presentations and
comments to Katherine Tillman, Executive Secretary; Office of Clinical
Standards and Quality, Health Care Financing Administration, 7500
Security Boulevard, Mail Stop S3-02-01, Baltimore, MD 21244.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Tillman, Executive
Secretary, (410) 786-9252.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have established the Medicare Coverage
Advisory Committee (MCAC) to provide advice and recommendations to us
about clinical coverage issues. The MCAC is composed of an Executive
Committee and six panels, each containing members with expertise in one
or more of the following fields: clinical and administrative medicine,
biologic and physical sciences, public health administration, health
care data and information management and analysis, the economics of
health care, medical ethics, and other related professions. Each panel
is composed of a chairperson, voting members, a nonvoting consumer
representative, and a nonvoting industry representative.
Current Members of the Panel
John H. Ferguson, M.D. (Chairperson); Robert L. Murray, Ph.D.;
David N. Sundwall, M.D.; George G. Klee, M.D., Ph.D.; Paul D. Mintz,
M.D.; Richard J. Hausner, M.D.; Mary E. Kass, M.D.; E. Conyers O'Bryan,
M.D.; Cheryl J. Kraft, M.S.; Neysa R. Simmers, M.B.A.; John J.S.
Brooks, M.D.; Paul M. Fischer, M.D.; Kathyrn A. Snow, M.H.A.; James
(Rod) Barnes, M.B.A.
Topic of the Meeting
The Panel will discuss presentations from interested persons
regarding human tumor assay systems.
Procedure and Agenda
On day 1 of the meeting, the Panel will hear oral presentations
from the public for approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes. The Panel may
limit the number and duration of oral presentations to the time
available. If you wish to make a presentation during one of these
sessions, you must submit the following to the Executive Secretary
before the Deadline for Presentation Submissions date listed in the
DATES section of this notice: a brief statement of the general nature
of the evidence or arguments you wish to present, the names and
addresses of proposed participants, and an estimate of the time
required to make the presentation. We will request that you declare at
the meeting whether or not you have any financial involvement with
manufacturers of any items or services being discussed (or with their
competitors).
After the public presentation on Day 1 of the meeting, we will make
a presentation to the Panel. After our presentation, the Panel will
deliberate openly on the topic. Interested persons may observe the
deliberations, but the Panel will not hear further comments during this
time except at the request of the chairperson. At the end of the Panel
deliberations, the Panel will allow a 30-minute open public session for
any attendee to address issues specific to the topic.
Submission of Final Comments
Interested persons not scheduled to make an oral presentation,
unable to attend the meeting, or wishing to make further remarks, may
submit written comments to the Executive Secretary by the Deadline for
Submission of Final Comments in the DATES section of this notice.
HCFA Home Page
You may access detailed information regarding the agenda and
schedule of presentations on our home page www.hcfa.gov/quality/8b.htm
the day after the Deadline for Presentation Submissions in the DATES
section of this notice.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2).
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.774,
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)
Dated: October 6, 1999.
Jeffrey L. Kang,
Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Health Care
Financing Administration.
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