[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33746]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
Office of Strategic Planning; Statement of Organization,
Functions, and Delegations of Authority
Part F of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations
of Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services, Health
Care Financing Administration (HCFA), (Federal Register, Vol. 63, No.
45, p. 11448 dated Monday, March 9, 1998 is amended to reflect a
functional realignment in the Office of Strategic Planning. The
realignment moves the international communications function from the
Office of Professional Relations, Center for Health Plans and Providers
to the Office of Strategic Planning (OSP). The purpose of the
realignment is to consolidate HCFA's international communications
function within OSP to better serve the needs of the international
community and intergovernmental agencies.
The specific amendments to part F are described below:
Section F.20., (Functions) is amended to read as follows:
4. Office of Strategic Planning (FAK)
Develops and manages the long-term strategic planning
process for the Agency; responsible for the Agency's conformance with
the Strategic Plan requirements of the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA).
Provides analytic support and information to the
Administrator and the Executive Council needed to establish Agency
goals and directions.
Performs environmental scanning, identifying, evaluating,
and reporting emerging trends in health care delivery and financing and
their interactions with Agency programs.
Manages strategic, crosscutting initiatives.
Designs and conducts research and evaluations of health
care programs, studying their impacts on beneficiaries, providers,
plans, States and other partners and customers, designing and assessing
potential improvements, and developing new measurement tools.
Coordinates all Agency demonstration activities, including
development of the research and demonstration annual plan, evaluation
of all Agency demonstrations, and assistance to other components in the
design of demonstrations and studies.
Manages assigned demonstrations, including Federal review,
approval, and oversight; coordinates and participates with departmental
components in experimental health care delivery projects.
Develops research, demonstration, and other publications
and papers related to health care issues.
Serves as contact in HCFA for international visitors.
Responds to requests from intergovernmental agencies and the
international community for information related to the United States
health care system.
Dated: November 23, 1999.
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-33746 Filed 12-28-99; 8:45 am]
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