[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28025-28026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13451]


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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.

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 held on Monday, June 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 
4:00 p.m.

addresses: The meeting will be held at the Crystal City Marriott, 1999 
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202.

for further information contact: Patricia Longus, Management Assistant 
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 ext 1055 no later than May 27, 1997.

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. Kiely, 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 P. 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 Monday, June 2, 1997, 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 programs and initiatives. The 
Council will then discuss the Agency's role in quality, what steps are 
necessary for building and maintaining a vital health services research 
community, and how the Agency can best address emerging issues.
    The meeting will adjourn at 4:00 p.m. Agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.

    Dated: May 15, 1997.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-13451 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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