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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Meeting of the National Advisory
Council on Healthcare Research and
Quality Subcommittee on Quality
Measures for Children’s Healthcare
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice
announces a meeting of the National
Advisory Council on Healthcare
Research and Quality Subcommittee on
Quality Measures for Children’s
Healthcare.
DATES: The open meeting will be held
on Wednesday, September 12, 2012,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Bethesda Marriott Hotel,
5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda,
Maryland 20814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Preyanka Makadia, Office of Extramural
Research, Education, and Priority
Populations (OEREP), Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, 540
Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD 20850,
Email: PREYANKA.MAKADIA@AHRQ.
hhs.gov, Phone: (301) 427–1538.
If sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodation for a
disability is needed, please contact
Preyanka Makadia, no later than August
15, 2012.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Purpose
The National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality (NAC)
was established in accordance with
Section 9341 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 (DHHS) 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 healthcare research, (B) the
field of health care research including
training needs and information
dissemination on healthcare 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.
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2. Background
AHRQ’s NAC has established a
Subcommittee on Quality Measures for
Children’s Healthcare (SNAC). Section
401(a) of the Children’s Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111–3,
amended the Social Security Act to
enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C. 1320b–
9a). Section 1139A(b) charged the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) with improving
pediatric health care quality measures.
The Secretary of DHHS posted the
initial core set of children’s health care
quality measures for public comment on
December 29, 2009, in Volume 74, No.
248 of the Federal Register (https://OIG.
hhs.gov/authorities/docs/2010/fr notice
12302009.pdf). The Subcommittee was
created to provide advice to the NAC as
AHRQ undertakes responsibilities to
improve the initial core quality measure
set and develop and test a portfolio of
evidence-based, consensus pediatric
quality measures for potential use by
public and private programs. AHRQ is
working closely with the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
in implementing these provisions,
including public posting of
improvements to the initial core quality
measure set and other CHIPRA purposes
(i.e., for use by public and private
programs other than, or in addition to,
Medicaid and CHIP). For more
information about AHRQ’s role in
carrying out the quality provisions of
CHIPRA, see https://www.AHRQ.gov/
CHIPRA. A roster of the Subcommittee
members is available at https://www.
AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA/QMSNACLIST12.
htm. The September 12, 2012 meeting
will be held as a part of this effort.
The Secretary will post an improved
and enhanced core set of health care
quality measures for voluntary use by
Medicaid and CHIP by Jan 1, 2013, and
annually thereafter. On February 24,
2012, AHRQ solicited public
nomination of children’s health care
quality measures for inclusion in the
CHIPRA 2013 Improved Core Set of
Health Care Quality Measures.
On September 12, 2012, the SNAC
will assess measures submitted by the
public in response to a solicitation
posted on February 24, 2012 (CHIPRA
Federal Register notice number 2012–
4267) (https://www.GPO.gov/fdsys/pkg/
FR-2012-02-24/pdf/2012-4267.pdf), as
well as measures submitted by AHRQ–
CMS Pediatric Quality Measures
Program Centers of Excellence (see
https://www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA/
PQMPFACT.htm for details). AHRQ will
solicit measures again in 2013 and 2014
and the SNAC will meet in September
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of 2013 and 2014 to review these
measures.
The agenda for the September 12,
2012 meeting will be available on the
AHRQ Web site at https://www.AHRQ.
gov/CHIPRA no later than September 5,
2012.
Dated: August 2, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Healthcare Research
and Quality Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice announces a meeting of the
National Advisory Council on Healthcare Research and Quality
Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare.
DATES: The open meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2012,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Bethesda Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda,
Maryland 20814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preyanka Makadia, Office of Extramural
Research, Education, and Priority Populations (OEREP), Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD 20850,
Email: PREYANKA.MAKADIA@AHRQ.hhs.gov, Phone: (301) 427-1538.
If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation
for a disability is needed, please contact Preyanka Makadia, no later
than August 15, 2012.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose
The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
(NAC) was established in accordance with Section 9341 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 (DHHS) 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 healthcare research, (B) the field of health care research
including training needs and information dissemination on healthcare
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.
2. Background
AHRQ's NAC has established a Subcommittee on Quality Measures for
Children's Healthcare (SNAC). Section 401(a) of the Children's Health
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), Public Law 111-
3, amended the Social Security Act to enact section 1139A (42 U.S.C.
1320b-9a). Section 1139A(b) charged the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) with improving pediatric health care quality measures.
The Secretary of DHHS posted the initial core set of children's health
care quality measures for public comment on December 29, 2009, in
Volume 74, No. 248 of the Federal Register (https://OIG.hhs.gov/authorities/docs/2010/fr notice 12302009.pdf). The Subcommittee was
created to provide advice to the NAC as AHRQ undertakes
responsibilities to improve the initial core quality measure set and
develop and test a portfolio of evidence-based, consensus pediatric
quality measures for potential use by public and private programs. AHRQ
is working closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) in implementing these provisions, including public posting of
improvements to the initial core quality measure set and other CHIPRA
purposes (i.e., for use by public and private programs other than, or
in addition to, Medicaid and CHIP). For more information about AHRQ's
role in carrying out the quality provisions of CHIPRA, see https://www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA. A roster of the Subcommittee members is available
at https://www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA/QMSNACLIST12.htm. The September 12, 2012
meeting will be held as a part of this effort.
The Secretary will post an improved and enhanced core set of health
care quality measures for voluntary use by Medicaid and CHIP by Jan 1,
2013, and annually thereafter. On February 24, 2012, AHRQ solicited
public nomination of children's health care quality measures for
inclusion in the CHIPRA 2013 Improved Core Set of Health Care Quality
Measures.
On September 12, 2012, the SNAC will assess measures submitted by
the public in response to a solicitation posted on February 24, 2012
(CHIPRA Federal Register notice number 2012-4267) (https://www.GPO.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-02-24/pdf/2012-4267.pdf), as well as measures
submitted by AHRQ-CMS Pediatric Quality Measures Program Centers of
Excellence (see https://www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA/PQMPFACT.htm for details).
AHRQ will solicit measures again in 2013 and 2014 and the SNAC will
meet in September of 2013 and 2014 to review these measures.
The agenda for the September 12, 2012 meeting will be available on
the AHRQ Web site at https://www.AHRQ.gov/CHIPRA no later than September
5, 2012.
Dated: August 2, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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