FACA Committee Purpose & Justification The information in this plan was imported from the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) database and transformed into StratML Part 1, Strategic Plan, format. Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board Medicare Evidence Development Coverage Advisory Committee HHS 0a1e033b-5563-44c7-aaa8-abced7fe8f88 [ Location : (http://stratml.fido.gov/dick/HHSFACA5252.xml) ][ Federated Name : (urn:www.hhs.gov:agency:32:committee:5252:) ][ Agency Name : (Department of Health and Human Services) ][ Agency Acronym : (HHS) ][ Agency Domain : (www.hhs.gov) ] [ Agency Web Site : (http://www.hhs.gov/) ][ Committee Name : (Medicare Evidence Development Coverage Advisory Committee) ][ Committee Type : (Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board) ][ Committee Web Site : (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/FACA/02_MedCAC.asp#TopOfPage) ][ Goal? : (no) ][ Vision? : (no) ][ Mission? : (yes) ] Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ http://www.cms.hhs.gov/FACA/02_MedCAC.asp#TopOfPage Not Available 78d4c946-cfc5-4b4f-b238-3d1061ea24f8 The primary role of the MEDCAC is to provide independent expert scientific advice to CMS in its evaluation of Medicare coverage and assist CMS in making sound decisions based upon the reasoned application of good science. The MEDCAC process encourages public interaction with CMS in gathering information that is utilized in arriving at Medicare coverage decisions, which supports CMS'goal of making the Medicare coverage decision process more open, participatory, and understandable to the public. e03f8581-f210-404a-9dfb-f65a80c555e3 Not Available e3102b97-0297-4551-bb9c-b9919bee5c3b 43e72a74-837d-4f4e-adc4-ee1d15ceea64 42e274b8-285d-4f13-b684-423a77380273 2010-10-01 2011-09-30 2013-07-09 http://explore.data.gov/resource/datasets/c5i3-bb9j Gannon (J.) Dick gannon_dick@yahoo.com