[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54444-54445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26923]


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


Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, 
Research, and Evaluation

AGENCY: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory 
Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation.

DATES: The meeting will be open to the public on Friday, October 25, 
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Washington, 15th & 
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah L. Queenan, Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at the 
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street, 
Suite 603, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 594-1321.
    In addition, if sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodation for a disability is needed, please contact Linda Reeves, 
the Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity, AHCPR, on (301) 594-
6665 no later than October 22.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose

    Section 921 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c) 
establishes the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, 
Research, and Evaluation. The Council provides advice to the Secretary 
and the Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 
(AHCPR), on matters related to AHCPR activities to enhance the quality, 
appropriateness, and effectiveness of health care services and access 
to such services through scientific research and the promotion of 
improvements in clinical practice and in the organization, financing, 
and delivery of health care services.
    The Council is composed of public members appointed by the 
Secretary. These members are:
    Richard E. Behrman, M.D., J.D.; Helen Darling, M.A.; Nancy Wilson 
Dickey, M.D.; Jose Julio Escarce, M.D., Ph.D.; Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., 
R.N.; Sharon C. Keily, M.D.; Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.; Robert M. 
Krughoff, J.D.; W. David Leak, M.D.; Harold S. Luft, Ph.D.; Woodrow A. 
Myers, Jr., M.D., M.B.A.; Martin Paris, M.D., M.P.H.; E. Walter J. 
McNerney, M.H.A.; Edward B. Perrin, Ph.D.; Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D.; 
and W. Leigh Thompson, M.D., Ph.D.
    There also are Federal ex-officio members. These members are:
    Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration; Director, National Institutes of Health; Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Administrator, Health Care 
Financing Administration; Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs); and Chief Medical 
Director, Department of Veterans Affairs.

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II. Agenda

    On Friday, October 25, 1996, the meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. 
with the call to order by the Council Chairman. The Administrator, 
AHCPR, will update the status of current Agency issues and program 
initiatives. Council discussion will follow.
    The meeting will adjourn at 4:00 p.m. Agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.

    Dated: October 15, 1996.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-26923 Filed 10-17-96; 8:45 am]
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