[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 99]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28685]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institute of Health


National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 
in Collaboration With the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
(CMS) Workshop To Develop a Research Agenda on Appropriate Settings for 
Rehabilitation; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to a directive by CMS, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the Workshop To Develop a Research Agenda on Appropriate Settings 
for Rehabilitation in February 2005.
    CMS issued a final rule on patients eligible for admission to 
inpatient rehabilitation. CMS committed to convene an expert panel to 
establish a research agenda towards obtaining data on patients in other 
diagnostic categories who might benefit from rehabilitation. The 
primary purpose of the meeting is to identify a research agenda for 
future follow-up.
    Attendance by the public will be limited to space available. Please 
communicate with the individual listed as contact below to request 
special accommodations for persons with disabilities.
    Additional information may be obtained either by accessing the CMS 
Web site, www.cms.gov, or by communicating with the contact whose name 
and telephone number is listed below.
    Meeting Dates/Times: February 14, 2005, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 
February 15, 2005, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Address: NIH Campus, Building 31, Room 2A47 (second floor), 9000 
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
    Contact: Michael Weinrich, M.D., Director, National Center for 
Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institute of Child Health and 
Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive 
Boulevard, Room 2A03, MSC 7510, Rockville, MD 20892, Telephone: (301) 
402-4201; Fax: (301) 402-0832, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: December 27, 2004.
Michael Weinrich,
Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Research, 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National 
Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 04-28685 Filed 12-30-04; 8:45 am]
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