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knowledge management and
organizational efficiency.
Presentation Graphics and
Multilingual Services Branch (CPBHC).
(1) Supports agency-wide graphics, and
language translation efforts through the
use of state-of-the-art computer graphics
and translation hardware and software;
(2) develops and/or provides design and
graphic elements for exhibits and
presentations, desktop publishing,
publications, editorial services, and
multi-language translation services, and
(3) processes DHHS clearances for all
media and print-related products that
are developed throughout the CDC
which are to be distributed to audiences
outside of CDC.
Broadcast Production and
Distribution Branch (CPBHD). (1)
Develops and/or provides agency-wide
communication efforts through state of
the art broadcast, television graphics,
and video production channels; (2)
supports the communication needs of
the CDC’s Director’s Emergency
Operations Centers (DEOC) to assure
response capacity and capability for
emergency broadcasts; (3) responsible
for all CDC broadcast-grade video
production requirements; (4) manages
and provides leadership for the Public
Health Training Network, which is a
global distance learning network of
partners providing access to public
health distance learning; (5) in
coordination with DHHS, develops and
delivers programming for DHHS TV and
assists in the development of the CDC
global health network (CDC TV) to
deliver timely and accurate information
to improve health and safety for the U.S.
public and around the world; (6)
responsible for audio/video engineering
design, installation, setup, and
maintenance for the division. CDC
Director’s press rooms, and DEOCs as
required; (7) provides in-house creation,
duplication, and conversion of most
video delivery formats, including VHS,
S–VHS, DV–Cam, Mini–DV, D–HD,
Betacam–SP, Digital-Betacam, HD (all
formats) and international formats such
as PAL, SECAM, SECAM–II and all
future video formats; (8) provides audioonly production services including
broadcast-grade in-house audio
recording, video-sweetening, editing,
voice-over talent, format-conversion,
and delivery; and (9) provides
professional consultation, training, and
setup of multiple telecommunication
systems including audio conference,
videoconference, PBX, POTS (plain old
telephone service) hybrid-integration,
menu creation, design and operation.
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Dated: September 23, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) of the Statement of
Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR
69296, October 20, 1980, as amended
most recently at 70 FR 55859–55860,
dated September 23, 2005) is amended
to reflect the establishment of the Office
of Strategy and Innovation within the
Office of the Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
After the mission statement for the
Office of Chief of Public Health Practice
(CAR), insert the following:
Office of Strategy and Innovation
(CAM). The Office of Strategy and
Innovation (OSI) serves as the focal
point for accelerating the health impact
of CDC’s work and advancing health
equity within and beyond CDC’s
programs. In carrying out its mission,
OSI: (1) Leads CDC’s efforts to develop,
measure and advance agency-wide
health impact goals: (2) incorporates
efforts to improve health equity in all
CDC activities; (3) fosters strategic
excellence and innovation across the
agency; (4) provides superior decision
support to CDC’s executive leadership;
and (5) leads organizational
development and the transition process.
Office of the Director (CAM1). (1)
Develops, monitors and advances
agency-wide goals; (2) improves health
equity; (3) assesses and leverages health
needs, science, and available resources
to accomplish agency-wide goals; (4)
provides guidance, tools, and assistance
to CDC programs in developing and
refining strategies and indicators to
measure program effectiveness and
impact; (5) applies knowledge
management tools and decision support
systems in allocation of resources and
improves agency decisionmaking; (6)
communicates key messages to CDC
employees and partners about CDC’s
direction, goals and priorities; (7)
develops, monitors and advances
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agency-wide goals for improving health
equity, fostering strategic excellence and
innovation across CDC, and
organizational development and the
transition process; (8) works directly
with the strategy and innovation officers
within the coordinating centers to
accomplish its activities and
institutionalize organizational change,
improvement and accountability; and
(9) maintains ongoing communication
with the strategy and innovation officers
to actively participate in discussions of
overall goals and strategies at the
coordinating center level, and involves
the strategy and innovation officers in
the refinement of goals, measures, and
identification and creation of new or
enhanced high priority programmatic
areas.
Office of Minority Health and Health
Disparities (CAMB). The Office of
Minority Health and Health Disparities
(OMHD) aims to accelerate CDC’s health
impact in the U.S. population and to
eliminate health disparities for
vulnerable populations as defined by
race/ethnicity, socio-economic status,
geography, gender, age, disability status,
risk status related to sex and gender,
and among other populations identified
to be at-risk for health disparities. To
carry out its mission, OMHD: (1)
Promotes minority health and
eliminates racial and ethnic health
disparities; (2) promotes health and the
prevention of disease in Indian Country
(i.e., American Indian and Alaska
Native communities, their sovereign
governments and other institutions in
the U.S.); (3) develops CDC-wide health
disparities elimination strategies,
policies, goals, and programs; (4)
defines disparities and eliminates subgoals for each health impact goal; (5)
monitors and reports progress toward
health disparities elimination goals; (6)
evaluates the impact of policies and
programs to achieve health disparities
elimination; (7) manages health
disparities elimination goals through
scanning, analysis, knowledge
management, decision-support systems,
and reporting (Key Performance
Indicators, Government Performance
and Results Act, Program Assessment
Rating Tool); (8) mobilizes resources
and advocates for health disparities
elimination programs; (9) aligns use of
resources with accomplishment of
health disparities elimination goals; (10)
supports internal and external
partnerships to advance the science,
practice, and workforce for eliminating
health disparities inside and outside
CDC; (11) maintains critical linkages
with federal partners including the
Office of the Secretary, Department of
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Health and Human Services, and
represents CDC on related scientific and
policy committees; (12) establishes
external advisory capacity and internal
advisory and action capacity; (13)
coordinates CDC-wide minority health
and health disparities elimination
initiatives; (14) synthesizes,
disseminates, and encourages use of
scientific evidence regarding effective
interventions to achieve health
disparities elimination outcomes; (15)
stimulates innovation in science and
practice; and (16) provides decision
support to the Executive Leadership
Board in allocating CDC resources to
agency-wide programs of surveillance,
research, intervention, and evaluation.
Office of Women’s Health (CAMG).
The Office of Women’s Health (OWH)
aims to promote and improve the
health, safety, and quality of life of
women. As a leader for women’s health
issues at CDC, the Office of Women’s
Health: (1) Advises the CDC Director on
matters relating to women’s health
research, programs and strategies; (2)
promotes the health and well-being of
women; (3) communicates health
information, research findings, and
prevention strategies to a diverse group
of providers, consumers, and
organizations; (4) advances sound
scientific knowledge for public health
action, promotes the role of prevention,
and works to improve the
understanding of women’s health
priorities; (5) fosters partnerships and
collaborations within CDC and with
other public and private organizations,
agencies, institutions, and others to
improve the health and safety of
women; (6) publishes newsletters and
other documents that highlight
prevention programs, research findings,
publications, health campaigns, health
promotion strategies, and other
information available at CDC; (7) leads
CDC Women’s Health Committee by
facilitating and coordinating agencywide efforts and enhancing channels for
communication and cooperation; (8)
supports the development of future
women’s health and public health
professionals through various training
and student positions within the office;
(9) prepares agency reports, briefing
documents, and other materials
addressing women’s health issues; (10)
stimulates and supports prevention
research, programs, and other activities
through funding; (11) represents the
agencies at meetings, committees,
workgroups, conferences, and briefings;
(12) serves as liaison for women’s health
between CDC and other agencies and
organizations; (13) develops
opportunities for, promotes, and
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supports the agency as a resource for
women’s health issues; and (14)
provides assistance to state and local
programs on women’s health issues.
Dated: September 23, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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AGENCY:
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System No. 09–70–0559. The PGPD tests
a payment methodology for physician
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patient management and quality of care.
Improvements in these areas are
expected to generate savings to the
Medicare program to offset the costs of
the performance payments. Mandated
by Section 412 of the Benefits
Improvement & Protection Act of 2000,
the PGPD seeks to provide incentives for
physicians to adopt care management
strategies and to improve quality as
defined by key measurable processes
and outcomes.
The primary purpose of the system is
to establish a pay-for-performance three
year pilot with physicians to encourage
the coordination of care, promote
investment in administrative structure
and process, and reward physicians for
improving health care processes and
outcomes. Information retrieved from
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individual or organization for a research
project or in support of an evaluation
project related to the prevention of
disease or disability, the restoration or
maintenance of health, or payment
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representative; (5) support litigation
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fraud and abuse in certain health
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the Privacy Act requires only that CMS
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all portions of this notice. See EFFECTIVE
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system report with the Chair of the
House Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight, the Chair of the
Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, and the Administrator, Office of
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Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on September 27, 2005. In any
event, we will not disclose any
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more of the routine use statements listed
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regular business hours, Monday through
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zone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Pilotte, Research Analyst, Division of
Payment Policy, Medicare
Demonstration Programs Group, Office
of Research Development and
Information, CMS, Mail Stop C4–17–27,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850. The telephone
number is (410) 786–6558 or e-mail
john.pilotte@cms.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PGPD
rewards physicians for improving the
quality and efficiency of health care
services delivered to Medicare fee-forservice beneficiaries. Mandated by
Section 412 of the Benefits
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2000, the PGPD seeks to: (1) Encourage
coordination of Part A and Part B
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 70 FR 55859-55860, dated September 23, 2005)
is amended to reflect the establishment of the Office of Strategy and
Innovation within the Office of the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
After the mission statement for the Office of Chief of Public
Health Practice (CAR), insert the following:
Office of Strategy and Innovation (CAM). The Office of Strategy and
Innovation (OSI) serves as the focal point for accelerating the health
impact of CDC's work and advancing health equity within and beyond
CDC's programs. In carrying out its mission, OSI: (1) Leads CDC's
efforts to develop, measure and advance agency-wide health impact
goals: (2) incorporates efforts to improve health equity in all CDC
activities; (3) fosters strategic excellence and innovation across the
agency; (4) provides superior decision support to CDC's executive
leadership; and (5) leads organizational development and the transition
process.
Office of the Director (CAM1). (1) Develops, monitors and advances
agency-wide goals; (2) improves health equity; (3) assesses and
leverages health needs, science, and available resources to accomplish
agency-wide goals; (4) provides guidance, tools, and assistance to CDC
programs in developing and refining strategies and indicators to
measure program effectiveness and impact; (5) applies knowledge
management tools and decision support systems in allocation of
resources and improves agency decisionmaking; (6) communicates key
messages to CDC employees and partners about CDC's direction, goals and
priorities; (7) develops, monitors and advances agency-wide goals for
improving health equity, fostering strategic excellence and innovation
across CDC, and organizational development and the transition process;
(8) works directly with the strategy and innovation officers within the
coordinating centers to accomplish its activities and institutionalize
organizational change, improvement and accountability; and (9)
maintains ongoing communication with the strategy and innovation
officers to actively participate in discussions of overall goals and
strategies at the coordinating center level, and involves the strategy
and innovation officers in the refinement of goals, measures, and
identification and creation of new or enhanced high priority
programmatic areas.
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (CAMB). The Office
of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD) aims to accelerate
CDC's health impact in the U.S. population and to eliminate health
disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity,
socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk
status related to sex and gender, and among other populations
identified to be at-risk for health disparities. To carry out its
mission, OMHD: (1) Promotes minority health and eliminates racial and
ethnic health disparities; (2) promotes health and the prevention of
disease in Indian Country (i.e., American Indian and Alaska Native
communities, their sovereign governments and other institutions in the
U.S.); (3) develops CDC-wide health disparities elimination strategies,
policies, goals, and programs; (4) defines disparities and eliminates
sub-goals for each health impact goal; (5) monitors and reports
progress toward health disparities elimination goals; (6) evaluates the
impact of policies and programs to achieve health disparities
elimination; (7) manages health disparities elimination goals through
scanning, analysis, knowledge management, decision-support systems, and
reporting (Key Performance Indicators, Government Performance and
Results Act, Program Assessment Rating Tool); (8) mobilizes resources
and advocates for health disparities elimination programs; (9) aligns
use of resources with accomplishment of health disparities elimination
goals; (10) supports internal and external partnerships to advance the
science, practice, and workforce for eliminating health disparities
inside and outside CDC; (11) maintains critical linkages with federal
partners including the Office of the Secretary, Department of
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Health and Human Services, and represents CDC on related scientific and
policy committees; (12) establishes external advisory capacity and
internal advisory and action capacity; (13) coordinates CDC-wide
minority health and health disparities elimination initiatives; (14)
synthesizes, disseminates, and encourages use of scientific evidence
regarding effective interventions to achieve health disparities
elimination outcomes; (15) stimulates innovation in science and
practice; and (16) provides decision support to the Executive
Leadership Board in allocating CDC resources to agency-wide programs of
surveillance, research, intervention, and evaluation.
Office of Women's Health (CAMG). The Office of Women's Health (OWH)
aims to promote and improve the health, safety, and quality of life of
women. As a leader for women's health issues at CDC, the Office of
Women's Health: (1) Advises the CDC Director on matters relating to
women's health research, programs and strategies; (2) promotes the
health and well-being of women; (3) communicates health information,
research findings, and prevention strategies to a diverse group of
providers, consumers, and organizations; (4) advances sound scientific
knowledge for public health action, promotes the role of prevention,
and works to improve the understanding of women's health priorities;
(5) fosters partnerships and collaborations within CDC and with other
public and private organizations, agencies, institutions, and others to
improve the health and safety of women; (6) publishes newsletters and
other documents that highlight prevention programs, research findings,
publications, health campaigns, health promotion strategies, and other
information available at CDC; (7) leads CDC Women's Health Committee by
facilitating and coordinating agency-wide efforts and enhancing
channels for communication and cooperation; (8) supports the
development of future women's health and public health professionals
through various training and student positions within the office; (9)
prepares agency reports, briefing documents, and other materials
addressing women's health issues; (10) stimulates and supports
prevention research, programs, and other activities through funding;
(11) represents the agencies at meetings, committees, workgroups,
conferences, and briefings; (12) serves as liaison for women's health
between CDC and other agencies and organizations; (13) develops
opportunities for, promotes, and supports the agency as a resource for
women's health issues; and (14) provides assistance to state and local
programs on women's health issues.
Dated: September 23, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
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