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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Council on Graduate Medical
Education; Notice of Meeting
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In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), notice is hereby given
of the following meeting:
Name: Council on Graduate Medical
Education (COGME).
Dates and Times: July 23, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–
5:00 p.m.
July 24, 2012, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Place: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville,
Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
Status: The meeting will be open to the
public.
Purpose: The Council on Graduate Medical
Education (the Council), created in 1986, is
authorized by section 762 of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended by section
5103 of the Affordable Care Act.
The Council provides advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of Health
and Human Services and to Congress on a
range of issues including the supply and
distribution of physicians in the United
States, current and future physician shortages
or excesses, issues relating to foreign medical
school graduates, the nature and financing of
medical education training, and the
development of performance measures and
longitudinal evaluation of medical education
programs.
At this meeting, the Council will work on
its 21st report to Congress on restructuring
graduate medical education. Reports are
submitted to the Secretary of the Department
of Health and Human Services; the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions of the Senate; and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives. Some meeting time will be
allotted to discuss performance measures and
longitudinal evaluation of grant programs
over which the Council has legislative
authority.
Agenda: The meeting on Monday, July 23,
2012, will begin with opening comments
from HRSA senior officials. Next, elections
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will take place for a chair and vice chair of
the Council. The main agenda item will be
a discussion of issues relating to the 21st
report on restructuring graduate medical
education, with a focus on population need
and fiscal constraint. Discussion topics
include graduate medical education as a
public good, new approaches to increasing
residency positions, newer structural models
for graduate medical education, evaluation of
teaching programs especially in terms of
meeting community needs, and a reexamination of funding mechanisms and
priorities. At the end of the morning session,
current and new members will receive ethics
training in a session closed to the public. The
afternoon session will be devoted to the
development of report recommendations.
The meeting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012,
will begin with an update and an opportunity
to comment on HRSA’s Bureau of Health
Professions’ development of performance
measures and methods of longitudinal
evaluation specific to the training programs
over which the Council has been given new
authority under the Affordable Care Act.
Much of the agenda will be allotted to small
groups working in closed session and then
reporting back to the full Council. The
Council will plan for a fall meeting, using a
webinar format, and determine report work
to be done in the interim. Both meeting days
will conclude with time for public comment.
For Further Information Contact: For
further information regarding the Council, to
obtain a roster of members, minutes of the
meeting, or other relevant information,
contact Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D., Division
of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Room 9A–27, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443–7271.
Information can also be found at the
following Web site: https://www.hrsa.gov/
advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/
index.html.
Dated: June 20, 2012
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority
This notice amends Part R of the
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) (60 FR
56605, as amended November 6, 1995;
as last amended at 77 FR 21565–21568
dated April 10, 2012).
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This notice reflects organizational
changes to the Health Resources and
Services Administration. This notice
updates the functional statement for the
Healthcare Systems Bureau (RR).
Specifically, this notice: (1) Renames
the Division of Health Facilities to the
Division of Poison Control and
Healthcare Facilities (RR9); (2) transfers
the function of the Poison Control
Program from the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR), to the Division of
Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities
(RR9); (3) updates the functional
statement for the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR); and (4) updates the
functional statement for the Division of
Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities
(RR9).
Chapter RR—Healthcare Systems
Bureau
Section RR–10, Organization
Delete in its entirety and replace with
the following:
The Healthcare Systems Bureau (RR)
is headed by the Associate
Administrator, who reports directly to
the Administrator, Health Resources
and Services Administration. The
Healthcare Systems Bureau includes the
following components:
(1) Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR);
(2) Division of Transplantation (RR1);
(3) Division of Vaccine Injury
Compensation (RR4);
(4) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (RR7);
and
(5) Division of Poison Control and
Healthcare Facilities (RR9).
Section RR–20, Functions
(1) Delete the functional statement for
the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR) and replace in its
entirety; and (2) delete the functional
statement for the Division of Health
Facilities and replace in its entirety.
Office of the Associate Administrator
(RR)
The Healthcare Systems Bureau leads
the Agency in providing health care
programs to eligible organizations
around the country. Specifically, (1)
Administers the Organ Transplantation
Program to include the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network to facilitate the allocation of
donor organs to patients waiting for an
organ transplant and the Scientific
Registry of Transplant Recipients that
provides analytic support to the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network in the development and
assessment of organ allocation and other
Organ Procurement and Transplantation
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Council on Graduate Medical Education; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following
meeting:
Name: Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME).
Dates and Times: July 23, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
July 24, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Place: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, Executive Meeting Center,
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
Purpose: The Council on Graduate Medical Education (the
Council), created in 1986, is authorized by section 762 of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 5103 of the
Affordable Care Act.
The Council provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services and to Congress on a range of issues
including the supply and distribution of physicians in the United
States, current and future physician shortages or excesses, issues
relating to foreign medical school graduates, the nature and
financing of medical education training, and the development of
performance measures and longitudinal evaluation of medical
education programs.
At this meeting, the Council will work on its 21st report to
Congress on restructuring graduate medical education. Reports are
submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of
the Senate; and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives. Some meeting time will be allotted to discuss
performance measures and longitudinal evaluation of grant programs
over which the Council has legislative authority.
Agenda: The meeting on Monday, July 23, 2012, will begin with
opening comments from HRSA senior officials. Next, elections will
take place for a chair and vice chair of the Council. The main
agenda item will be a discussion of issues relating to the 21st
report on restructuring graduate medical education, with a focus on
population need and fiscal constraint. Discussion topics include
graduate medical education as a public good, new approaches to
increasing residency positions, newer structural models for graduate
medical education, evaluation of teaching programs especially in
terms of meeting community needs, and a re-examination of funding
mechanisms and priorities. At the end of the morning session,
current and new members will receive ethics training in a session
closed to the public. The afternoon session will be devoted to the
development of report recommendations.
The meeting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, will begin with an update
and an opportunity to comment on HRSA's Bureau of Health
Professions' development of performance measures and methods of
longitudinal evaluation specific to the training programs over which
the Council has been given new authority under the Affordable Care
Act. Much of the agenda will be allotted to small groups working in
closed session and then reporting back to the full Council. The
Council will plan for a fall meeting, using a webinar format, and
determine report work to be done in the interim. Both meeting days
will conclude with time for public comment.
For Further Information Contact: For further information
regarding the Council, to obtain a roster of members, minutes of the
meeting, or other relevant information, contact Jerilyn K. Glass,
M.D., Ph.D., Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 9A-
27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone (301) 443-7271. Information can also be found at the
following Web site: https://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/.
Dated: June 20, 2012
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-15453 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]
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