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EXHIBIT 3—ESTIMATED TOTAL AND ANNUALIZED COST
Cost Component
Total cost
Annualized
cost
Project Development .......................................................................................................................................................
Data Collection Activities .................................................................................................................................................
Data Processing and Analysis, and Reports to AHRQ ...................................................................................................
Project Management ........................................................................................................................................................
Overhead .........................................................................................................................................................................
$420,055
1,452,290
141,637
291,706
413,584
$84,011
290,458
28,327
58,341
82,717
Total ..........................................................................................................................................................................
2,719,272
543,854
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Meeting of the National Advisory
Council Subcommittee Identifying
Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible
Adults
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
meeting of a Subcommittee of the
National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality.
SUMMARY:
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The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, August 9th from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m., and Wednesday, August 10th from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Westin Washington, DC City Center,
1400 M Street, NW., Washington DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Wilson, MD MPH, Coordinator of
the National Advisory Council
Subcommittee Identifying Quality
Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults
at the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, 540 Gaither Road,
Rockville, Maryland, 20850, (301) 427–
1310. For press-related information,
please contact Karen Migdail at (301)
427–1855.
If sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodation for a
disability is needed, please contact the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Office of Equal Employment
Opportunity and Diversity Management
on (301) 827–4840, no later than August
1, 2011. The agenda, roster, and meeting
report will be available from Dr. Wilson.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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I. Purpose of the National Advisory
Council Subcommittee Identifying
Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible
Adults
The purpose of the National Advisory
Council Subcommittee Identifying
Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible
Adults is to develop consensus on a
core set of health quality measures for
Medicaid-eligible adults. While a
number of current efforts to assess,
publicly report, and improve quality of
care include Medicaid eligible adults,
this core set of measures will reflect
aspects of care particularly important to
Medicaid recipients that are not
currently assessed consistently and
routinely.
Section 2701 of the Affordable Care
Act (ACA), which added Section 1139B
to Title XI of the Social Security Act,
requires the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to identify and publish
a recommended core set of health
quality measures for Medicaid eligible
adults. AHRQ and the Centers for
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Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
have entered into an interagency
agreement to collaboratively identify
these measures. Section 2701 also
requires the Secretary, in consultation
with States, to develop a standardized
format for reporting information and to
develop procedures that encourage
voluntary reporting based on the initial
core set of measures. The Secretary is
also required to establish a Medicaid
Quality Measurement Program that will
fund the development, testing, and
validation of emerging and innovative
evidence-based measures and to
subsequently publish recommended
changes to the initial core measure set.
Not later than September 30, 2014 and
annually thereafter the Secretary is
required to collect, analyze, and make
publically available the information
reported by the States.
The National Advisory Council
Subcommittee Identifying Quality
Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults
met on October 18th and 19th 2010, and
identified an initial core set of
measures. These measures were
subsequently posted in the Federal
Register for a two month public
comment period. This initial core set of
measures must be finalized by January
1, 2012.
The purpose of the National Advisory
Council Subcommittee Identifying
Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible
Adults is to: (a) Review the public
comment analysis, (b) determine and
apply criteria by which the initial list is
further refined, and (c) make
recommendations to the National
Advisory Council regarding finalizing
the initial core set of measures. The
National Advisory Council
Subcommittee Identifying Quality
Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults
membership will reflect expertise in
healthcare quality measurement,
healthcare disparities, and in the
populations eligible for Medicaid.
Elizabeth McGlynn, PhD, Director,
Kaiser Permanente Center for
Effectiveness & Safety Research, and
Foster Gesten, M.D., Medical Director of
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Office of Insurance Programs for New
York, co-chair the SNAC.
Role of the National Advisory Council
The National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality is
authorized by Section 941 of the Public
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c. In
accordance with its statutory mandate,
the Council is to advise the Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human
Services and the Director, Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), on matters related to AHRQ’s
conduct of its mission including
providing guidance on (A) Priorities for
health care research, (B) the field of
health care research including training
needs and information dissemination on
health care quality and (C) the role of
the Agency in light of private sector
activity and opportunities for public
private partnerships.
The Council is composed of members
of the public, appointed by the
Secretary, and Federal ex-officio
members specified in the authorizing
legislation.
II. Agenda
The final agenda will be available on
the AHRQ Web site at https://
www.AHRQ.gov no later than August 1,
2011.
Dated: July 8, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Determination on Adding Cancer, or a
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WTC-Related Health Conditions
National Institute for
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(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the availability of the ‘‘First
Periodic Review of Scientific and
Medical Evidence Related to Cancer for
the World Trade Center Health
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Background: The James Zadroga 9/11
Health and Compensation Act of 2010
(Pub. L. 111–347), Title XXXIII of the
Public Health Service Act, 124 Stat.
3623 (codified at 42 U.S.C. 300mm–
300mm–61) requires in Section 300mm–
22(a)(5)(A) that the Administrator of the
World Trade Center (WTC) Health
Program ‘‘periodically conduct a review
of all available scientific and medical
evidence, including findings and
recommendations of Clinical Centers of
Excellence, published in peer-reviewed
journals to determine if, based on such
evidence, cancer or a certain type of
cancer should be added to the
applicable list of WTC-related health
conditions.’’
The first periodic Review of Cancer
provides a summary of the current
scientific and medical findings in the
peer-reviewed literature about
exposures resulting from the September
11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York
City and cancer studies. The review
discusses criteria that have been used
previously to assist in weighing the
scientific evidence to determine if a
causal association exists between
exposure and cancer. The review
summarizes input from the public on
three questions regarding conditions
relating to cancer for consideration
under the WTC Health Program, as
requested in the Federal Register on
March 8, 2011 (76 FR 12740) and
modified on March 29, 2011 (76 FR
17421). See https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
docket/archive/docket227.html.
The review also provides reports from
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the
Bureau of Health Services of the Fire
Department of New York City, the WTC
Health Registry of the New York City
Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene and the New York State
Department of Health about cancer
studies ongoing or planned.
Based on the scientific and medical
findings in the peer-reviewed literature
reported in the first periodic Review of
Cancer for the WTC Health Program,
insufficient evidence exists at this time
to propose a rule to add cancer, or a
certain type of cancer, to the List of
WTC-Related Health Conditions found
at 42 U.S.C. 300mm–22(a)(3) through (4)
and 300mm–32(b).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Bilics, NIOSH, Patriots Plaza 1,
395 E Street, SW., Suite 9200,
Washington, DC 20201, E-mail
WTC@cdc.gov.
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Dated: July 19, 2011.
John Howard,
Administrator, World Trade Center Health
Program; and Director, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Part F of the Statement of
Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority for the
Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), (Federal
Register, Vol. 75, No. 56, pp. 14176–
14178, dated March 24, 2010; as
amended at Vol. 76, No. 17, p. 4703,
dated January 26, 2011; as amended at
Vol. 76, No. 75, pp. 21908–21909, dated
April 19, 2011) is amended to reflect the
establishment of the Office of Minority
Health.
Part F is described below:
• Section FC. 10 (Organization) reads
as follows:
Office of the Administrator (FC)
Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil
Rights (FCA)
Office of Legislation (FCC)
Office of the Actuary (FCE)
Office of Strategic Operations and
Regulatory Affairs (FCF)
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
(FCG)
Center for Medicare (FCH)
Center for Medicaid, CHIP and Survey
& Certification (FCJ)
Center for Strategic Planning (FCK)
Center for Program Integrity (FCL)
Chief Operating Officer (FCM)
Office of Minority Health (FCN)
Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Innovation (FCP)
Federal Coordinated Health Care Office
(FCQ)
Center for Consumer Information and
Insurance Oversight (FCR)
Office of Public Engagement (FCS)
Office of Communications (FCT)
• Section FC. 20 (Functions) reads as
follows:
Office of Minority Health (FCN)
• Serves as the principal advisor and
coordinator to the Agency for the
special needs of minority and
disadvantaged populations.
• Provides leadership, vision and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the National Advisory Council Subcommittee Identifying
Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of a Subcommittee of the
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 9th from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m., and Wednesday, August 10th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Westin Washington, DC City
Center, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Wilson, MD MPH, Coordinator of
the National Advisory Council Subcommittee Identifying Quality Measures
for Medicaid Eligible Adults at the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, (301) 427-1310.
For press-related information, please contact Karen Migdail at (301)
427-1855.
If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation
for a disability is needed, please contact the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and
Diversity Management on (301) 827-4840, no later than August 1, 2011.
The agenda, roster, and meeting report will be available from Dr.
Wilson.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose of the National Advisory Council Subcommittee Identifying
Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults
The purpose of the National Advisory Council Subcommittee
Identifying Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults is to develop
consensus on a core set of health quality measures for Medicaid-
eligible adults. While a number of current efforts to assess, publicly
report, and improve quality of care include Medicaid eligible adults,
this core set of measures will reflect aspects of care particularly
important to Medicaid recipients that are not currently assessed
consistently and routinely.
Section 2701 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which added Section
1139B to Title XI of the Social Security Act, requires the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to identify and publish a recommended core
set of health quality measures for Medicaid eligible adults. AHRQ and
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have entered into
an interagency agreement to collaboratively identify these measures.
Section 2701 also requires the Secretary, in consultation with States,
to develop a standardized format for reporting information and to
develop procedures that encourage voluntary reporting based on the
initial core set of measures. The Secretary is also required to
establish a Medicaid Quality Measurement Program that will fund the
development, testing, and validation of emerging and innovative
evidence-based measures and to subsequently publish recommended changes
to the initial core measure set. Not later than September 30, 2014 and
annually thereafter the Secretary is required to collect, analyze, and
make publically available the information reported by the States.
The National Advisory Council Subcommittee Identifying Quality
Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults met on October 18th and 19th
2010, and identified an initial core set of measures. These measures
were subsequently posted in the Federal Register for a two month public
comment period. This initial core set of measures must be finalized by
January 1, 2012.
The purpose of the National Advisory Council Subcommittee
Identifying Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults is to: (a)
Review the public comment analysis, (b) determine and apply criteria by
which the initial list is further refined, and (c) make recommendations
to the National Advisory Council regarding finalizing the initial core
set of measures. The National Advisory Council Subcommittee Identifying
Quality Measures for Medicaid Eligible Adults membership will reflect
expertise in healthcare quality measurement, healthcare disparities,
and in the populations eligible for Medicaid. Elizabeth McGlynn, PhD,
Director, Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness & Safety Research,
and Foster Gesten, M.D., Medical Director of
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Office of Insurance Programs for New York, co-chair the SNAC.
Role of the National Advisory Council
The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
is authorized by Section 941 of the Public Health Service Act, 42
U.S.C. 299c. In accordance with its statutory mandate, the Council is
to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
and the Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on
matters related to AHRQ's conduct of its mission including providing
guidance on (A) Priorities for health care research, (B) the field of
health care research including training needs and information
dissemination on health care quality and (C) the role of the Agency in
light of private sector activity and opportunities for public private
partnerships.
The Council is composed of members of the public, appointed by the
Secretary, and Federal ex-officio members specified in the authorizing
legislation.
II. Agenda
The final agenda will be available on the AHRQ Web site at https://www.AHRQ.gov no later than August 1, 2011.
Dated: July 8, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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