[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25210-25211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12051]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


Contract Review 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 
technical review committee to meet during the month of May 1998:

    Name: Technical Review Committee on the Agency for Health Care 
Policy and Research SBIR Topic 1000--Assisting Purchasers to Use 
Information on Health Plan Performance.
    Date and Time: May 18, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Ramada Inn, 8400 Wisconsin Avenue, Conference Room: TBA, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
    This meeting will be closed to the public.
    Purpose: The Technical Review Committee's charge is to provide, 
on behalf of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 
Contracts Review Committee, recommendations to the Administrator, 
AHCPR, regarding the technical merit of contract proposals submitted 
in response to a specific Request for Proposals regarding the AHCPR 
Research Topic 1000, SBIR--Assisting Purchasers to Use Information 
on Health Plan Performance, that was published in the Commerce 
Business Daily on January 20, 1998.
    The purpose of these contracts is to study and identify the 
information about health care plan quality and performance needed by 
purchasers and to consider if the information required varies by 
type and size of purchasers: e.g. individual vs. corporate consumers 
(large and small). In Phase I of the SBIR program, contractors are 
to examine, evaluate, and report on the scientific, technical and 
commercial merit and feasibility of a proposed research or R&D plan 
related to the above-described topic. Reported findings under Phase 
I will be considered in determining the availability of funds for 
the proposed research or research and development as Phase II.
    Agenda: The Committee meeting will be devoted entirely to the 
technical review and evaluation of contract proposals submitted in 
response to the above-referenced Request for Proposals.
    The Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that 
this meeting will not be open to the public. This action is 
necessary to safeguard confidential proprietary information and 
personal information concerning individuals associated with the 
proposals that may be revealed during this meeting, and to protect 
the free exchange of views, and avoid undue interference with 
Committee and Department operations. This is in accordance with 
section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., 
Appendix 2, implementing regulations, 41 CFR 101-6.1023 and 
procurement regulations, 48 CFR 315.604(d).
    Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting 
should contact Sandra

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Robinson, Center for Quality Measurement & Improvement, Agency of 
Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 
501, Rockville, Maryland 20852, telephone (301) 594-1349.

    Dated: April 30, 1998.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-12051 Filed 5-6-98; 8:45 am]
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