Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting for Cause for Independent Data Safety Monitoring, Inc., 12065 [2013-03909]
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participate in the meeting. The contact
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will use the input received at this
meeting to further update and refine the
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Dated: February 7, 2013.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting
for Cause for Independent Data Safety
Monitoring, Inc.
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
AGENCY:
AHRQ has delisted
Independent Data Safety Monitoring,
Inc. due to its failure to correct a
deficiency. The Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Act of 2005
(Patient Safety Act) authorizes the
listing of PSOs, which are entities or
component organizations whose
mission and primary activity is to
conduct activities to improve patient
safety and the quality of health care
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delivery. HHS issued the Patient Safety
and Quality Improvement Final Rule
(Patient Safety Rule) to implement the
Patient Safety Act. AHRQ administers
the provisions of the Patient Safety Act
and Patient Safety Rule relating to the
listing and operation of PSOs.
DATES: The directories for both listed
and delisted PSOs are ongoing and
reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The
delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight
ET (2400) on January 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be
accessed electronically at the following
HHS Web site: https://
www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ,
540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850;
Telephone (toll free): (866) 403–3697;
Telephone (local): (301) 427–1111; TTY
(toll free): (866) 438–7231; TTY (local):
(301) 427–1130; Email:
psoAHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
faith effort to correct the deficiency. As
such, pursuant to 42 CFR
3.108(a)(4)(iii), the notice of proposed
revocation became final as a matter of
law and the basis for revocation.
Accordingly, AHRQ has revoked the
listing of Independent Data Safety
Monitoring, Inc., PSO number P0114,
effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on
January 15, 2013.
More information on PSOs can be
obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site
at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/
index.html.
Background
The Patient Safety Act, Public Law
109–41,42 U.S.C. 299b–21 b–26,
provides for the formation of PSOs,
which collect, aggregate, and analyze
confidential information regarding the
quality and safety of health care
delivery. The Patient Safety Rule, 42
CFR part 3, authorizes AHRQ, on behalf
of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO
an entity that attests that it meets the
statutory and regulatory requirements
for listing. A PSO can be ‘‘delisted’’ by
the Secretary if it is found no longer to
meet the requirements of the Patient
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule.
Section 3.108(d) of the Patient Safety
Rule requires AHRQ to provide public
notice when it removes an organization
from the list of federally approved
PSOs.
Independent Data Safety Monitoring,
Inc. failed to respond to a Notice of
Preliminary Finding of Deficiency sent
by AHRQ pursuant to 42 CFR
3.108(a)(2) and a Notice of Proposed
Revocation and Delisting sent by AHRQ
pursuant to 42 CFR 3.108(a)(3)(iii)(C)
which found that Independent Data
Safety Monitoring, Inc. had not
complied with its attestation to notify
the Secretary if there has been a change
in the accuracy of the information it
submitted for initial listing, which
includes contact information for the
PSO (42 CFR 3.102(a)(1)(vi)).
Independent Data Safety Monitoring,
Inc. did not exercise its opportunity to
be heard in writing to respond to the
deficiency specified in the notices, and
has not provided any evidence of a good
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Dated: February 11, 2013.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
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announces the following public
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Stakeholder Meeting Time and Date:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting for Cause for Independent
Data Safety Monitoring, Inc.
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
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SUMMARY: AHRQ has delisted Independent Data Safety Monitoring, Inc. due
to its failure to correct a deficiency. The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act) authorizes the listing of
PSOs, which are entities or component organizations whose mission and
primary activity is to conduct activities to improve patient safety and
the quality of health care delivery. HHS issued the Patient Safety and
Quality Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule) to implement the
Patient Safety Act. AHRQ administers the provisions of the Patient
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule relating to the listing and
operation of PSOs.
DATES: The directories for both listed and delisted PSOs are ongoing
and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The delisting was effective at 12:00
Midnight ET (2400) on January 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be accessed electronically at the
following HHS Web site: https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD
20850; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697; Telephone (local): (301)
427-1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231; TTY (local): (301) 427-1130;
Email: psoAHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Patient Safety Act, Public Law 109-41,42 U.S.C. 299b-21 b-26,
provides for the formation of PSOs, which collect, aggregate, and
analyze confidential information regarding the quality and safety of
health care delivery. The Patient Safety Rule, 42 CFR part 3,
authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list as a PSO an
entity that attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory
requirements for listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' by the Secretary if
it is found no longer to meet the requirements of the Patient Safety
Act and Patient Safety Rule. Section 3.108(d) of the Patient Safety
Rule requires AHRQ to provide public notice when it removes an
organization from the list of federally approved PSOs.
Independent Data Safety Monitoring, Inc. failed to respond to a
Notice of Preliminary Finding of Deficiency sent by AHRQ pursuant to 42
CFR 3.108(a)(2) and a Notice of Proposed Revocation and Delisting sent
by AHRQ pursuant to 42 CFR 3.108(a)(3)(iii)(C) which found that
Independent Data Safety Monitoring, Inc. had not complied with its
attestation to notify the Secretary if there has been a change in the
accuracy of the information it submitted for initial listing, which
includes contact information for the PSO (42 CFR 3.102(a)(1)(vi)).
Independent Data Safety Monitoring, Inc. did not exercise its
opportunity to be heard in writing to respond to the deficiency
specified in the notices, and has not provided any evidence of a good
faith effort to correct the deficiency. As such, pursuant to 42 CFR
3.108(a)(4)(iii), the notice of proposed revocation became final as a
matter of law and the basis for revocation.
Accordingly, AHRQ has revoked the listing of Independent Data
Safety Monitoring, Inc., PSO number P0114, effective at 12:00 Midnight
ET (2400) on January 15, 2013.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at https://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/.
Dated: February 11, 2013.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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