Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception; Meetings

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: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this

document announces the dates and location for the third set of meetings

by 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 third series of meetings will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. on September 9 and 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The 2-day meeting will be held in the OIG Conference Room,

Room 5542, Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries regarding this meeting

should be addressed to Joel Schaer, OIG Regulations Officer, Office of

Counsel to the Inspector General, at the above address or call (202)

619-0089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the

Shared Risk Exception has been established to provide advice and make

recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services with

respect to the text and 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.

The first series of meetings was held on June 17 and 18, 1997. A

second series of meetings is scheduled for July 28 through 30, 1997

(see 62 FR 28410 for times and location of the July meetings).

During the September meetings, the committee will continue to

discuss issues relating to the development of the interim final rule

and to generate and discuss options for resolving those issues.

The meetings for September 9 and 10, 1997 will be open to the

public without advanced registration. Public attendance at the meeting

may be limited to space available. Members of the public wishing to

attend the meeting may want to notify the contact person listed above

in advance to expedite access to the Cohen Building. 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 (http://www.sba.gov/ignet/internal/hhs/

hhs.html).

Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).

Dated: July 14, 1997.

June Gibbs Brown,

Inspector General.

[FR Doc. 97-19500 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]

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