Health Insurance Marketplace(SM), Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program; Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Outreach and…
SUMMARY: This notice announces the new meeting of the
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DATES: Meeting Date:
Deadline for Meeting Registration, Presentations, Special Accommodations and Comments:
ADDRESSES: Meeting Location:
Presentations and Written Comments: Presentations and written comments should be submitted to:
Registration: The meeting is open to the public, but attendance is limited to the space available. Persons wishing to attend this meeting must register at the Web site https://www.regonline.com/apoejune2016meeting or, by contacting the DFO as listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice, by the date listed in the DATES section of this notice. Individuals requiring sign language interpretation or other special accommodations should contact the DFO at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice by the date listed in the DATES section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of the
FOOTNOTE 2 We note that the Citizen's
The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173) expanded the existing health plan options and benefits available under the M+C program and renamed it the
In addition, Title I of the MMA authorized the Secretary and the Administrator of CMS (by delegation) to establish the
The Affordable Care Act (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. 111-148, and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-152) expanded the availability of other options for health care coverage and enacted a number of changes to
The scope of this panel also includes advising on issues pertaining to the education of providers and stakeholders with respect to the Affordable Care Act and certain provisions of the Health Information Technology for
On
Under the current charter, the APOE will advise the Secretary and the Administrator on optimal strategies for the following:
* Developing and implementing education and outreach programs for individuals enrolled in, or eligible for,
* Enhancing the federal government's effectiveness in informing
* Expanding outreach to vulnerable and underserved communities, including racial and ethnic minorities, in the context of
* Assembling and sharing an information base of "best practices" for helping consumers evaluate health coverage options.
* Building and leveraging existing community infrastructures for information, counseling, and assistance.
* Drawing the program link between outreach and education, promoting consumer understanding of health care coverage choices, and facilitating consumer selection/enrollment, which in turn support the overarching goal of improved access to quality care, including prevention services, envisioned under the Affordable Care Act.
The current members of the Panel are:
II. Meeting Agenda
--This is a summary of a
Notice of meeting.
Citation: "81 FR 35770"
Document Number: "CMS-7041-N"
Federal Register Page Number: "35770"
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