[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18415-18416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8899]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel; 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 meeting scheduled for the month of May 1995:

    Name: Health Care Policy and Research, Special Emphasis Panel.
    Date and Time: May 23, 1995, 9:00 a.m.
    Place: Executive Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson Street, 6th 
Floor Conference Room 1, Rockville, Maryland 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 Phase II contract proposals 
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals (PHS 94-
2). The purpose of the Phase I contract, entitled Consumer Choices 
and Health Care Reform, was to determine factors important to 
consumers who make decisions about choosing health care plans, 
providers, and practitioners. The contractors were to develop a 
prototype decision support system, workbook, interactive video, or 
other tools for consumers to use when making these choices. The 
purpose of the Phase II contract is to develop an operational system 
with the capacity to be adapted to new categories of choices related 
to a reformed system of health care.
    Agenda: This meeting of the Panel will be devoted entirely to 
the technical review and evaluation of Phase II 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 
[[Page 18416]] 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 Frantz Wilson, 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 140.

    Dated: April 4, 1995.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-8899 Filed 4-10-95; 8:45 am]
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