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 announced the dates and location for the sixth and seventh 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 next series of meetings will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. on December 16, 17 and 18, 1997. The seventh series of meetings

will be held on January 20, 21 and 22, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Both the December and January meetings will be held at the

Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquires regarding these meetings should be addressed to Joel Schaer,

OIG Regulations Officer, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General,

Room 5518, Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20201; or call (202) 619-0089.

he December and January meetings will be held at the

Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquires regarding these meetings should be addressed to Joel Schaer,

OIG Regulations Officer, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General,

Room 5518, Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20201; 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 or 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 Pub. L. 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.

During the scheduled December and January 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 will be open to the public without advanced

registration. 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 located at

http://www.dhhs.gov/progorg/oig.

Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory

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

Dated: November 21, 1997.

June Gibbs Brown,

Inspector General.

[FR Doc. 97-31473 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]

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