[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-20700]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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
meeting of a contract proposal review panel scheduled during the month
of August 1994:
Name: Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel,
``Development of Clinical Practice Guideline on Prevention of
Osteoporosis''.
Dates and Times: August 23, 1994, 9:00 a.m.
Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive
Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson Street, 6th Floor Conference
Room, Rockville, MD 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 contract proposals submitted in
response to a specific Request for Proposals (282-94-2013). The
purpose of the contract, entitled Development of Clinical Practice
Guideline, Medical Review Criteria, Standards of Quality, and
Performance Measures on Prevention of Osteoporosis, is to develop a
clinical practice guideline on the prevention of osteoporosis and,
based on this guideline, to develop medical review criteria,
standards of quality and performance measures.
Agenda: The session of this panel will be devoted entirely to
the technical review and evaluation of 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 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 Jean Slutsky, Office of the Forum for Quality and
Effectiveness in Health Care, Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, Willco Building, 6000 Executive Blvd., Suite 310,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 594-4015.
Dated: August 15, 1994.
Clifton R. Gaus, Sc. D.,
Administrator.
Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, arrangements for this
meeting were delayed. Consequently, more timely notification was not
possible.
[FR Doc. 94-20700 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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