[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 250 (Thursday, December 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 69351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30956]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is made of a Health Care 
Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meeting.
    A Special Emphasis Panel is a group of experts in fields related to 
health care research who are invited by the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality (AHRQ), and agree to be available, to conduct on 
an as needed basis, scientific reviews of applications for AHRQ 
support. Individual members of the Panel do not attend regularly-
scheduled meetings and do not serve for fixed terms or a long period of 
time. Rather, they are asked to participate in particular review 
meetings which require their type of expertise.
    Substantial segments of the upcoming SEP meeting listed below will 
be closed to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6). Grant applications for the Accelerating Development of 
Methods for the Study of Complex Patients (R21) applications are to be 
reviewed and discussed at this meeting. These discussions are likely to 
reveal personal information concerning individuals associated with the 
applications. This information is exempt from mandatory disclosure 
under the above-cited statutes.

    SEP Meeting on: AHRQ Developing Prospective Practice-based 
Comparative Effectiveness Research Clinical Registries: Orthopedic 
Devices, Drugs, and Procedures (P50).
    Date: January 20, 2010 (Open on January 20 from 8 a.m. to 8:15 
a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
    Place: Marriott RIO, Conference Room TBD, 9751 Washingtonian 
Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, 
agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of this meeting 
should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, 
Office of Extramural Research, Education and Priority Populations, 
AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 
Telephone (301) 427-1554.
    Agenda items for this meeting are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.

    Dated: December 15, 2009.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. E9-30956 Filed 12-30-09; 8:45 am]
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