[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18415-18416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8899]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel; Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), announcement is made of the following
special emphasis panel meeting scheduled for the month of May 1995:
Name: Health Care Policy and Research, Special Emphasis Panel.
Date and Time: May 23, 1995, 9:00 a.m.
Place: Executive Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson Street, 6th
Floor Conference Room 1, Rockville, Maryland 20852. This meeting
will be closed to the public.
Purpose: The Panel's charge is to provide advice and
recommendations to the Secretary and to the Administrator, Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), regarding the
scientific and technical merit of Phase II contract proposals
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals (PHS 94-
2). The purpose of the Phase I contract, entitled Consumer Choices
and Health Care Reform, was to determine factors important to
consumers who make decisions about choosing health care plans,
providers, and practitioners. The contractors were to develop a
prototype decision support system, workbook, interactive video, or
other tools for consumers to use when making these choices. The
purpose of the Phase II contract is to develop an operational system
with the capacity to be adapted to new categories of choices related
to a reformed system of health care.
Agenda: This meeting of the Panel will be devoted entirely to
the technical review and evaluation of Phase II contract proposals
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals. The
Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this
meeting will not be open to the public. This is necessary to protect
the free exchange of views and avoid undue interference with Panel
and Department operations, and safeguard confidential proprietary
[[Page 18416]] information and personal information concerning
individuals associated with the proposals that may be revealed
during the sessions. This is in accordance with section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, Department
regulations, 45 CFR section 11.5(a)(6), and procurement regulations,
48 CFR section 315.604(d).
Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting
should contact Frantz Wilson, Center for General Health Services
Extramural Research, Division of Primary Care, Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research, Executive Office Center, 2101 E. Jefferson
Street, Suite 502, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 594-1357
extension 140.
Dated: April 4, 1995.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-8899 Filed 4-10-95; 8:45 am]
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