{"abstract":"This notice announces an Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) Medicare Appellant Forum. The purpose of this event is to provide updates to OMHA appellants on the status of OMHA operations; to relay information on a number of OMHA initiatives designed to mitigate a growing backlog in the processing of Medicare appeals at the OMHA-level of the administrative appeals process; and provide information on measures that appellants can take to make the administrative appeals process work more efficiently at the OMHA-level.","action":"Notice of Meeting.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2014/01/03/2013-31461.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"79 FR 393","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Meeting Date: The OMHA Medicare Appellant Forum announced in this notice will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. The OMHA Medicare Appellant Forum will begin at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (e.s.t.) and check-in will begin at 9:00 a.m. e.s.t.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2013-31461","effective_on":null,"end_page":395,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2014/01/03/2013-31461.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/01/03/2013-31461/medicare-program-appellant-forum-regarding-the-administrative-law-judge-hearing-program-for-medicare","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2013-31461?publication_date=2014-01-03","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2014-01-03/2013-31461/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":695,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2014-01-03/pdf/2013-31461.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2013-31461.pdf?1388670811","publication_date":"2014-01-03","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2014/01/03/2013-31461.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2014-01-23T08:08:58Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":393,"subtype":null,"title":"Medicare Program; Appellant Forum Regarding the Administrative Law Judge Hearing Program for Medicare Claim Appeals","toc_doc":"Appellant Forum, Administrative Law Judge Hearing Program for Medicare Claim Appeals","toc_subject":"Meetings:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":79}