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: This document announces the revised dates for the seventh set

of meetings of 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 on January 21 and 22,

1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The January sessions will be held at the Holiday Inn

Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024, as previously

announced.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries regarding these sessions

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

Counsel to the Inspector General, Room 5518, Cohen Building, 330

Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201; or call (202) 619-0089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The dates for the next series of meetings

for the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception,

originally scheduled for January 20 through 22, 1998 (62 FR 63689,

December 2, 1997), have been revised. The Committee will now plan to

meet only on January 21 and 22, 1998.

The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception

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

plan to

meet only on January 21 and 22, 1998.

The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the Shared Risk Exception

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 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. In the January meeting, the

Committee will conclude discussion of issues relating to the

development of the interim final rule and the options for resolving

those issues.

Both the January 21 and 22, 1998 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 December 19, 1997.

D. McCarty Thornton,

Chief Counsel to the Inspector General.

[FR Doc. 98-30 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]

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