96-16216. Medicare Program; Announcement of Collaborative Effort With the National Institutes of Health to Study the Effectiveness of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16216]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[BPD-873-N]


Medicare Program; Announcement of Collaborative Effort With the 
National Institutes of Health to Study the Effectiveness of Lung Volume 
Reduction Surgery

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    We are announcing our participation in a collaborative effort with 
the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes 
of Health to study the effectiveness of lung volume reduction surgery. 
The purpose of this multi-centered randomized study, which will include 
a prospective registry examining the role of lung volume reduction 
surgery, is to evaluate the long-term outcome of the procedure on 
function, morbidity, and mortality as well as to define appropriate 
patient selection criteria. We are issuing this announcement so that 
interested facilities and providers who monitor the Federal Register 
are aware of this collaborative effort. The National Heart, Lung and 
Blood Institute announced in the May 9 and 10, 1996 issues of the 
Commerce Business Daily the qualifications and experience required for 
the clinical centers and the clinical coordinating center to 
participate in the program. It also described the patient population 
who will be included in the study and how the study will be conducted.
    On June 3, 1996, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute made 
available a formal request for proposals for clinical centers and a 
clinical coordinating center interested in participating in the study 
through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Request for Proposals 
(RFP) Gopher. Users have access via the NIH Home Page (World Wide Web) 
at http://www.nih.gov. Once users are at the NIH Home Page, they should 
select ``Grants & Contracts,'' then select ``R&D Requests for Proposals 
(RFP).'' Offerors that have access to the NIH Gopher Server but not the 
Internet can access the RFP by pointing their gopher clients to 
GOPHER.NIH.GOVPORT70. They should select ``Grant and Research 
Information,'' then select ``R&D Requests for Proposals (RFP).''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen McVearry, [phone].

    Authority: Sections 1102 and 1871 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh)

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.774, 
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

    Dated: June 9, 1996.
Bruce C. Vladeck,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-16216 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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