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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care
Working Group
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with section
10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, this notice announces a meeting of
the Citizens’ Health Care Working
Group (the Working Group) mandated
by section 1014 of the Medicare
Modernization Act.
DATES: The Business meeting of the
Working Group will be held on
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 from 2:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. and continue on
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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The meeting will take place
at the Tremont Park Hotel in Baltimore,
Maryland. The Tremont Park Hotel is
located at 8 East Pleasant Street.
ADDRESSES:
The meeting is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caroline Taplin, Citizens’ Health Care
Working Group, at (301) 443–1514 or
ctaplin@ahrq.gov. If sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodation for a disability is
needed, please contact Mr. Donald L.
Inniss, Director, Office of Equal
Employment Opportunity Program,
Program Support Center, on (301) 443–
1144.
The agenda for this Working Group
meeting will be available on the
Citizens’ Working Group Web site,
www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also
available at that site is a roster of
Working Group members. When
transcripts of the Group’s November
15th–16th meeting is completed, it will
also be available on the Web site.
Section
1014 of Public Law 108–173, (known as
the Medicare Modernization Act) directs
the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, to
establish a Citizens’ Health Care
Working Group (Citizen Group). This
statutory provision, codified at 42
U.S.C. 299 n., directs the Working
Group to: (1) Identify options for
changing our health care system so that
every American has the ability to obtain
quality, affordable health care coverage;
(2) provide for a nationwide public
debate about improving the health care
system; and (3) submit its
recommendations to the President and
the Congress.
The Citizens’ Health Care Working
Group is composed of 15 members: the
Secretary of DHHS is designated as a
member by statute and the Comptroller
General of the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO) was
directed to name the remaining 14
members whose appointments were
announced on February 28, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Working Group Meeting Agenda
The Working Group business meeting
on November 15th and 16th will be
devoted to ongoing Working Group
business. Topics to be addressed are
expected to include: Working Group
partners, plans for community meetings
and other activities to engage the public,
questions to be asked in public
engagement activities, and the process
for developing recommendations.
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Submission of Written Information
The Working Group invites written
submissions on those topics to be
addressed at the Working Group
business meeting listed above. In
general, individuals or organizations
wishing to provide written information
for consideration by the Citizens’ Health
Care Working Group should submit
information electronically to
citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Since all
electronic submissions will be posted
on the Working Group Web site,
separate submissions by topic will
facilitate review of ideas submitted on
each topic by the Working Group and
the public.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[30Day–06–0334]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–4766 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project
National Survey of Ambulatory
Surgery—Reinstatement—National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS),
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
The National Survey of Ambulatory
Surgery (NSAS) was previously
conducted by the CDC National Center
for Health Statistics from 1994 through
1996. It is the principal source of data
on ambulatory surgery center (ASC)
services in the United States. It
complements surgery data obtained in
the NCHS National Hospital Discharge
Survey (NHDS) (OMB No. 0920–0212),
which provides annual data concerning
the nation’s use of inpatient medical
and surgical care provided in short-stay,
non-Federal hospitals. The NSAS is a
national probability sample survey of
ambulatory surgery visits in hospitals
and freestanding ambulatory surgery
centers. It has been the benchmark
against which special programmatic
data sources are compared.
Data for the NSAS will be collected
annually beginning in 2006 from a
nationally representative sample of
hospitals and freestanding ambulatory
surgery centers. The hospital universe
includes noninstitutional hospitals
exclusive of Federal, military, and
Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals
located in the 50 States and the District
of Columbia. The universe of
freestanding facilities includes the
freestanding ambulatory surgery centers
licensed by states and/or certified as
ambulatory surgery centers for Medicare
reimbursement. As in the earlier survey,
facilities specializing in dentistry,
podiatry, abortion, family planning, or
birthing will be excluded. As with
previous years, the data items which
will be abstracted from medical records
are the basic core variables from the
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set
(UHDDS) as well as surgery times, total
charges and information on anesthesia,
complications from surgery and
anesthesia. Since the publication of the
60-day notice in the Federal Register on
March 10, 2005 (FR 70 No. 46. p.
11985), changes made to the conduct of
the NSAS include collecting data from
fewer medical records and collecting
more information from each
participating facility, such as the use of
electronic medical records, facility
hours of operation, physician specialty
and board certification, complications
from surgery and anesthesia, plans to
handle unexpected emergencies, and
post-surgical follow-up. There is no cost
to respondents other than their time.
The annualized burden hours are
11,231.
ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents
Data collection forms and type of respondents
Induction ......................................................................................................................................
Out-of-scope verification ..............................................................................................................
Sample Listing Sheet:
ASC Personnel .....................................................................................................................
Census Personnel ................................................................................................................
Medical Abstract:
ASC Personnel .....................................................................................................................
Census Personnel ................................................................................................................
Annual Update .............................................................................................................................
Quality Control .............................................................................................................................
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Number of
responses/
respondent
Averge burden
response
(in hrs.)
227
150
1
1
105/60
4/60
224
264
12
12
30/60
0
324
164
488
245
132
132
1
20
12/60
2/60
5/60
2/60
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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66836-66837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21863]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Citizens' Health
Care Working Group (the Working Group) mandated by section 1014 of the
Medicare Modernization Act.
DATES: The Business meeting of the Working Group will be held on
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 from 2:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continue on
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Tremont Park Hotel in
Baltimore, Maryland. The Tremont Park Hotel is located at 8 East
Pleasant Street.
The meeting is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caroline Taplin, Citizens' Health Care
Working Group, at (301) 443-1514 or ctaplin@ahrq.gov. If sign language
interpretation or other reasonable accommodation for a disability is
needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of Equal
Employment Opportunity Program, Program Support Center, on (301) 443-
1144.
The agenda for this Working Group meeting will be available on the
Citizens' Working Group Web site, www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also
available at that site is a roster of Working Group members. When
transcripts of the Group's November 15th-16th meeting is completed, it
will also be available on the Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1014 of Public Law 108-173, (known
as the Medicare Modernization Act) directs the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), acting through the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to establish a Citizens'
Health Care Working Group (Citizen Group). This statutory provision,
codified at 42 U.S.C. 299 n., directs the Working Group to: (1)
Identify options for changing our health care system so that every
American has the ability to obtain quality, affordable health care
coverage; (2) provide for a nationwide public debate about improving
the health care system; and (3) submit its recommendations to the
President and the Congress.
The Citizens' Health Care Working Group is composed of 15 members:
the Secretary of DHHS is designated as a member by statute and the
Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
was directed to name the remaining 14 members whose appointments were
announced on February 28, 2005.
Working Group Meeting Agenda
The Working Group business meeting on November 15th and 16th will
be devoted to ongoing Working Group business. Topics to be addressed
are expected to include: Working Group partners, plans for community
meetings and other activities to engage the public, questions to be
asked in public engagement activities, and the process for developing
recommendations.
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Submission of Written Information
The Working Group invites written submissions on those topics to be
addressed at the Working Group business meeting listed above. In
general, individuals or organizations wishing to provide written
information for consideration by the Citizens' Health Care Working
Group should submit information electronically to
citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Since all electronic submissions will be
posted on the Working Group Web site, separate submissions by topic
will facilitate review of ideas submitted on each topic by the Working
Group and the public.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 05-21863 Filed 11-1-05; 11:42 am]
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