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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

 

Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), announcement is made of the following 
special emphasis panel scheduled to meet during the month of May 1994:

    Name: Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel.
    Dates and Times: May 3-4, 1994, 9:00 A.M. Place: Ramada Inn, 
8400 Wisconsin Avenue, Ambassador 1 Room, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
    This meeting will be closed to the public.
    Purpose: The Panel's charge is to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary and to the Administrator, Agency 
for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), regarding the 
scientific and technical merit of contract proposals submitted in 
response to a specific Request for Proposals (PHS 94-2). The purpose 
of this contract, entitled Consumer Choices and Health Care Reform, 
is to develop a prototype decision support system, workbook, 
interactive video, or other tools for consumers to use in selecting 
health care plans, providers, and practitioners. The prototype 
should focus on one area of decision-making, e.g., evaluation of 
preventative health services. The final product should have the 
capacity to be adapted for new categories of choices related to a 
reformed system of health care.
    Agenda: The session of this Panel will be devoted entirely to 
the technical review and evaluation of contract proposals submitted 
in response to a specific Request for Proposals. The Administrator, 
AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this meeting will not be 
open to the public. This is necessary to protect the free exchange 
of views and avoid undue interference with Panel and Department 
operations, and safeguard confidential proprietary information and 
personal information concerning individuals associated with the 
proposals that may be revealed during the sessions. This is in 
accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, Department regulations, 45 CFR 11.5(a)(6), and 
procurement regulations, 48 CFR 315.604(d).
    Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting 
should contact Anne R. Bavier, Center for General Health Services 
Extramural Research, Division of Primary Care, Agency for Health 
Care Policy and Research, Executive Office Center, 2101 E. Jefferson 
Street, Suite 502, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 594-1357 
extension 129.

    Dated: April 26, 1994.
J. Jarrett Clinton,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-10604 Filed 5-3-94; 8:45 am]
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