[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22620]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Contract Review 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
technical review committee to meet during the month of September 1997:
Name: Committee on the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research Health Insurance Plan Abstraction Data Base Project.
Date and Time: September 3, 1997, 10:00-12:00 p.m.
Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East
Jefferson Street, Suite 500, Rockville, Md 20852.
This meeting will be closed to the public.
Purpose: The Technical Review Committee's charge is to provide,
on behalf of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
Contracts Review Committee, recommendations to the Administrator,
AHCPR, regarding the technical merit of the contract proposals
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals regarding
the AHCPR Health Insurance Plan Abstraction Data Base Project.
The purpose of this contract is to create a data base of health
insurance benefits information. These data describe the health
benefits included in health insurance policy booklets that are
collected as part of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. In order
to develop a uniform set of benefits data, policy booklets are read,
reviewed for completeness, and information is abstracted into an
electronic data base. To support this effort, the contract also
provides support for programming the required software and for
implementing a training component. The training component is needed
to instruct personnel in a uniform set of standards to be applied
during the abstraction of information from health insurance policy
booklets.
Agenda: The Committee meeting will be devoted entirely to the
technical review and evaluation of the contract proposals submitted
in response to the above referenced Request for Proposals. The
Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this
meeting will not be open to the public. This action is necessary to
protect the free and full exchange of views in the contract
evaluation process and safeguard confidential proprietary
information, and personal information concerning individuals
associated with the proposals that may be revealed during the
meeting. This action is taken in accordance with section 10(d) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2, 5 USC
(b)(c)(6), 41 CFR Section 101-6.1023 and Department procurement
regulations, 48 CFR section 315.604(d).
Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting
should contact Jessica Vistnes, Center for Cost and Financing
Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East
Jefferson Street, Suite 500, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 301/594-
1406.
Dated: August 20, 1997.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-22620 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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