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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.
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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: A business meeting of the
Working Group will be held on
Thursday, March 2, 2006 from 1 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. and Friday, March 3, 2006
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will take place
at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and
Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street, Los
Angeles, California 90071. The meeting
is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caroline Taplin, Citizens’ Health Care
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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, Chief of Equal
Employment Opportunity Program,
Program Support Center, on (301) 443–
1444.
The agenda for this Working Group
meeting will be available on the
Citizens’ Working Group Web site
https://www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also
available at that site is a roster of
Working Group members. When
summaries of these meetings are
completed, they will also be available
on the Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1014 of Pub. L. 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 health care systems; 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 March 2nd and 3rd will be devoted
to ongoing Working Group business.
Topics to be addressed are expected to
include: an update on progress to date
with community meetings; broad
concepts relating to the Working
Group’s recommendations and related
report; and preparation for the Los
Angeles community meeting, which
will take place Saturday, March 4.
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
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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.
Dated: February 10, 2006.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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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: A business meeting of the Working Group will be held on
Thursday, March 2, 2006 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, March 3,
2006 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel
and Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California 90071.
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, Chief of Equal
Employment Opportunity Program, Program Support Center, on (301) 443-
1444.
The agenda for this Working Group meeting will be available on the
Citizens' Working Group Web site https://www.citizenshealthcare.gov.
Also available at that site is a roster of Working Group members. When
summaries of these meetings are completed, they will also be available
on the Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1014 of Pub. L. 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 health care systems; 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 March 2nd and 3rd will be
devoted to ongoing Working Group business. Topics to be addressed are
expected to include: an update on progress to date with community
meetings; broad concepts relating to the Working Group's
recommendations and related report; and preparation for the Los Angeles
community meeting, which will take place Saturday, March 4.
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.
Dated: February 10, 2006.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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