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[FR Doc No: 94-707]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Advisory Council; Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), announcement is made of the
following National Advisory bodies scheduled to meet during the month
of February 1994:
Name: Council on Graduate Medical Education.
Time: February 2-3, 1994, 8:30 a.m.
Place: Conference Rooms G & H on 2/2 and Rooms D & E on 2/3,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Open for
entire meeting.
Purpose: Provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary
and to the Committees on Labor and Human Resources, and Finance of
the Senate and the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives, with respect to (A) the
supply and distribution of physicians in the United States; (B)
current and future shortages of physicians in medical and surgical
specialties and subspecialties; (C) issues relating to foreign
medical graduates; (D) appropriate Federal policies regarding (A),
(B), and (C) above; (E) appropriate efforts to be carried out by
medical and osteopathic schools, public and private hospitals and
accrediting bodies regarding matters in (A), (B), and (C) above; (F)
deficiencies in the needs for improvements in, existing data bases
concerning supply and distribution of, and training programs for
physicians in the United States.
Agenda: There will be presentations and discussions regarding
Recommendations from COGME Work Groups, Assessing the Impact of
Physician Assistants on Physician Workforce Requirements;
Implications of Managed Care for Workforce Requirements and the
Training Environment; and Women in Medicine. A presentation on
Communication from the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education
and Practice: Update on Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse Midwife
Work Group.
Anyone requiring information regarding the subject Council
should contact Marc L. Rivo, M.D., M.P.H.. Executive Secretary,
telephone (301) 443-6190; or F. Lawrence Clare, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy
Executive Secretary, telephone (301) 443-6326, Council on Graduate
Medical Education, Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, room 4C-
25, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
Date and Time: February 7-9, 1994; 8:30 a.m.
Place: Washington Marriott, 22nd and M Streets, NW., Washington,
DC 20037, (202) 872-1500. The meeting is open to the public.
Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to
the Secretary with respect to the delivery, financing, research,
development and administration of health care services in rural
areas.
Agenda: Plenary session on Monday, February 7, will be devoted
to the theme: ``The Health Security Act and Health Care Reform in
Rural Areas.'' The theme will include discussions and presentations
on the changes which have occurred since the last meeting regarding
general infrastructure development, network development, and
implications for states. In addition, a presentation regarding the
difficulties of obtaining public health services in minority rural
communities will be provided.
Monday afternoon and all day Tuesday, the Health Care Financing
Work Group and the Education and Health Services Work Group will
continue to study specific areas of the Health Security Act and its
effect on services and financing in rural health delivery systems.
The meeting will end on Wednesday, February 9, with reports from
the two Work Groups. The entire meeting is open to the public.
Anyone requiring information regarding the subject Council
should contact Jeffery Human, Executive Secretary, National Advisory
Committee on Rural Health, Health Resources and Services
Administration, room 9-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-0835, FAX (301) 443-
2803.
Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting
should contact Ms. Arlene Granderson, Director of Operations, Office
of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Telephone (301) 443-0835.
Agenda Items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Dated: January 6, 1994.
Jackie E. Baum,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, HRSA.
[FR Doc. 94-707 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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