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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

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 
meeting of a contract proposal review panel scheduled during the month 
of August 1994:

    Name: Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel, 
``Development of Clinical Practice Guideline on Prevention of 
Osteoporosis''.
    Dates and Times: August 23, 1994, 9:00 a.m.
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Executive 
Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson Street, 6th Floor Conference 
Room, Rockville, MD 20852.
    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 (282-94-2013). The 
purpose of the contract, entitled Development of Clinical Practice 
Guideline, Medical Review Criteria, Standards of Quality, and 
Performance Measures on Prevention of Osteoporosis, is to develop a 
clinical practice guideline on the prevention of osteoporosis and, 
based on this guideline, to develop medical review criteria, 
standards of quality and performance measures.
    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 section 
11.5(a)(6), and procurement regulations, 48 CFR section 315.604(d).
    Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting 
should contact Jean Slutsky, Office of the Forum for Quality and 
Effectiveness in Health Care, Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research, Willco Building, 6000 Executive Blvd., Suite 310, 
Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 594-4015.

    Dated: August 15, 1994.
Clifton R. Gaus, Sc. D.,
Administrator.

    Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, arrangements for this 
meeting were delayed. Consequently, more timely notification was not 
possible.
[FR Doc. 94-20700 Filed 8-22-94; 8:45 am]
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