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HHS - 21480 - Technical Review Panel on the Medicare Trustees Reports - Authorized by Law

GENERAL INFORMATION

Committee Name	Technical Review Panel on the Medicare Trustees Reports	Agency Name	Department of Health and Human Services
Fiscal Year	2017	Committee Number	21480
Original Establishment Date	1/5/1999	Committee Status	Terminated
Actual Termination Date	9/29/2017	Committee URL
New Committee This FY	No	Presidential Appointments*	No
Terminated This FY	Yes	Max Number of Members*	9
Current Charter Date	3/4/2016	Designated Fed Officer Position Title*	Deputy Chief Economist
Date Of Renewal Charter	3/4/2018	Designated Federal Officer Prefix	Dr
Projected Termination Date		Designated Federal Officer First Name*	Donald
Exempt From Renewal*	No	Designated Federal Officer Middle Name	T
Specific Termination Authority	Agency Memo from HHS/OAS for Plan & Eval 9/28/2017	Designated Federal Officer Last Name*	Oellerich
Establishment Authority*	Authorized by Law	Designated Federal Officer Suffix
Specific Establishment Authority*	42 U.S.C. 217a	Designated Federal Officer Phone*	(202) 690-7409
Effective Date Of Authority*	1/5/1999	Designated Federal Officer Fax*	(202) 690-6562
Exempt From EO 13875 Discretionary Cmte		Designated Federal Officer Email*	don.oellerich@hhs.gov
Committee Type*	Ad hoc
Presidential*	No
Committee Function*	Special Emphasis Panel

RECOMMENDATION/JUSTIFICATIONS

Agency Recommendation*	Terminate
Legislation to Terminate Required	No
Legislation Status	Not Applicable
How does cmte accomplish its purpose?*	By sharing opinions in a public forum, in addition to hearing from other experts on the various methodologies that exist for projecting Medicare expenditures, the panel will produced a written report recommending methodologies to the Medicare Trustees for making such projections.
How is membership balanced?*	There are a variety of experts representing the points of view of actuaries and economists. The membership was balanced between private sector interests and academic interests. Additionally, the panel had both male and female members.
How frequent & relevant are cmte mtgs?*	The meetings occurred monthly .
Why advice can't be obtained elsewhere?*	The Medicare Trustees project Medicare costs and revenue over a 75 year period. The methodology and assumptions continue to evolve in response to the changing health care system. Health experts, including health economists and actuaries,, provide independent, expert input and review of methods and assumptions and provide the Secretary, as a Trustee, with recommendations for improvement.
Why close or partially close meetings?	Meetings were open.
Recommendation Remarks	Federal employee costs during this period attributed to providing technical assistance to the panel in completing its deliberations. The Committee's final report was issued in June 2017.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Outcome Improvement To Health Or Safety*	Yes	Action Reorganize Priorities*	Yes
Outcome Trust In Government	Yes	Action Reallocate Resources	Yes
Outcome Major Policy Changes	No	Action Issued New Regulations	No
Outcome Advance In Scientific Research	Yes	Action Proposed Legislation	No
Outcome Effective Grant Making	No	Action Approved Grants Or Other Payments	No
Outcome Improved Service Delivery	Yes	Action Other	No
Outcome Increased Customer Satisfaction	No	Action Comment	Trustees are planning to review and incorporate the recommendations of the committee, as appropriate, to improve the projection assumptions and methodology as well as the presentation of material in the Trustees' annual report to Congress.
Outcome Implement Laws/Reg Requirements	No	Grants Review*	No
Outcome Other	No	Number Of Grants Reviewed	0
Outcome Comment	NA	Number Of Grants Recommended	0
Cost Savings*	Unable to Determine	Dollar Value Of Grants Recommended	$0.00
Cost Savings Comment	The nature of the committee is to help Medicare Trustees make forecasts about future health spending, not to look for savings.	Grants Review Comment	NA
Number Of Recommendations*	25	Access Contact Designated Fed. Officer*	No
Number Of Recommendations Comment	The recommendations in this year's report were captured in previous fiscal years.	Access Agency Website	Yes
% of Recs Fully Implemented*	90.00%	Access Committee Website	No
% of Recs Fully Implemented Comment	NA	Access GSA FACA Website	No
% of Recs Partially Implemented*	5.00%	Access Publications	Yes
% of Recs Partially Implemented Comment	Historically recommendations of presentation have only been partially accepted - this is primarily due to the desire of the Trustees to present materials in their reports to Congress in a similar format.	Access Other	No
Agency Feedback*	No	Access Comment	N/A
Agency Feedback Comment*	NA	Narrative Description*	Helped Medicare Trustees make more accurate forecasts of future health costs, so that resources can be allocated in Medicare and within the federal budget optimally.

COSTS

Payments to Non-Federal Members*	$0.00	Est Payments to Non-Fed Members Next FY*	$0.00
Payments to Federal Members*	$0.00	Est. Payments to Fed Members Next FY*	$0.00
Payments to Federal Staff*	$10,000.00	Estimated Payments to Federal Staff*	$0.00
Payments to Consultants*	$0.00	Est. Payments to Consultants Next FY*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Non-Federal Members*	$0.00	Est Travel Reimb Non-Fed Members nextFY*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Federal Members*	$0.00	Est Travel Reimb For Fed Members*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Federal Staff*	$0.00	Est. Travel Reimb to Fed Staff Next FY*	$0.00
Travel Reimb. For Consultants*	$0.00	Est Travel Reimb to Consultants Next FY*	$0.00
Other Costs	$7,000.00	Est. Other Costs Next FY*	$0.00
Total Costs	$17,000.00	Est. Total Next FY*	$0.00
Date Cost Last Modified		Est. Fed Staff Support Next FY*	0.00
Federal Staff Support (FTE)*	0.10	Est Cost Remarks
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