Notice2025-10401
Medicare Program; Public Meeting for Air Ambulance Quality & Patient Safety Advisory Committee Notice of Public Meeting-July 10, 2025
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Published
June 9, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Abstract
This notice announces a virtual public meeting of the Air Ambulance Quality and Patient Safety (AAQPS) Advisory Committee. The AAQPS Advisory Committee will review options to establish quality, patient safety, and clinical capability standards for each clinical capability level of air ambulances.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 109 (Monday, June 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24279-24280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10401]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-3476-N]
Medicare Program; Public Meeting for Air Ambulance Quality &
Patient Safety Advisory Committee Notice of Public Meeting--July 10,
2025
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a virtual public meeting of the Air
Ambulance Quality and Patient Safety (AAQPS) Advisory Committee. The
AAQPS Advisory Committee will review options to establish quality,
patient safety, and clinical capability standards for each clinical
capability level of air ambulances.
DATES:
Virtual Meeting Dates: The AAQPS Advisory Committee will hold a
virtual meeting on July 10, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern
Time.
Deadline for Submitting Requests for Special Accommodations:
Requests for special accommodations must be received at least 2 weeks
before the meeting.
Registration Link: The virtual meeting will be open to the public
and held via the Zoom webinar platform. Virtual attendance information
will be provided upon registration. To register for the meeting, please
visit <a href="https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety">https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety</a>.
Attendance is open to the public subject to any technical or capacity
limitations.
Deadline for Registration: All individuals who plan to attend the
virtual public meeting must register to attend. Request to provide oral
comments are due at least 14 calendar days prior to the meeting date.
Interested parties are encouraged to register as far in advance of the
meeting as possible.
A detailed agenda and materials will be available prior to the
meeting on the AAQPS Advisory Committee website at <a href="https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety">https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety</a>.
A transcript and a summary of the meeting will be made available on
the AAQPS Advisory Committee website approximately 45 calendar days
after the meeting.
ADDRESSES: All meetings are open to the public and will be held
virtually. Instructions to view the meeting will be posted on the AAQPS
Advisory Committee website and upon registration. If you wish to
provide oral comments during the meeting you must complete a
registration form on the AAQPS Advisory Committee website at <a href="https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety">https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety</a>, and submit a
written copy of your remarks to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e2f2f3f3e3d2e0d031d4006061d40090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4959585848794b7b9a7fabcbca7fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Spence at (410) 786-2000 or via
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d0c0c1c1d1e0d2e203e6325253e632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffbebeaeafacbf9c928cd197978cd1989089">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation
established the Air Ambulance and Patient Safety (AAQPS) Advisory
Committee on August 22, 2023, in response to Section 106 of the No
Surprises Act, enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, div. BB, tit. I, Public Law 116-260 (December 27, 2020). The
AAQPS Advisory Committee is tasked with reviewing options to establish
quality, patient safety, and clinical capability standards for each
clinical capability level of air ambulances. The AAQPS Advisory
Committee held its first meeting on December 12, 2024.
The AAQPS Advisory Committee is governed by the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463 (October 6, 1972), as
amended Title 5 of the United States Code (5 U.S.C. Ch.10).
II. Summary of the Agenda
The AAQPS Advisory Committee will review options to establish
quality, patient safety, and clinical capability standards for each
clinical capability level of air ambulances at the July 10, 2025,
meeting. The Centers for Medicare
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& Medicaid Services (CMS) will make available a more detailed agenda
and meeting materials no later than 3 days before the meeting on the
AAQPS Committee website at <a href="https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety">https://www.cms.gov/medicare/regulations-guidance/advisory-committees/advisory-committee-air-ambulance-quality-and-patient-safety</a>.
III. Public Participation
The meeting is open to the public for virtual attendance on a
first-come, first-served basis, as there may be capacity or technical
limitations. Please see the ADDRESSES section to view the meeting link.
We are committed to providing equal access to this meeting for all
participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a
disability, such as a sign language interpreter, please contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section no later
than 2 weeks before the meeting.
Presenting Oral Comments
CMS will accept oral comments, which must be limited to the
objectives of the Committee and limited to 3 minutes per person.
Individual members of the public who wish to present oral comments must
register and provide a written copy of prepared remarks for inclusion
in the meeting records and for circulation to AAQPS Advisory Committee
members. All prepared remarks submitted on time will be considered as
part of the meeting's record.
IV. Submitting Written Comments
Members of the public may submit written comments for consideration
by the Committee at any time via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d0c0c1c1d1e0d2e203e6325253e632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11505040414251727c623f7979623f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>.
Additionally, members of the public will have the opportunity to submit
comments during the July 10, 2025, virtual meeting through the chat
feature of the Zoom webinar platform. Members of the public are
encouraged to email lengthy written comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4858595949784a7a9b7eaacacb7eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83c2c2d2d3d0c3e0eef0adebebf0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>.
Advance submissions that are within the scope of the Advisory Committee
will become part of the official record of the meeting.
The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS), Mehmet Oz, having reviewed and approved this document,
authorizes Vanessa Garcia, who is the Federal Register Liaison, to
electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.
Vanessa Garcia,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-10401 Filed 6-6-25; 8:45 am]
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