[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority; Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology has reorganized one of its functions in order to more 
effectively meet the mission outlined by The Health Information 
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The 
reorganization affects two of the Director-level offices: The Office of 
the Chief Scientist and the Office of Economic Analysis and Modeling.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Shellenberger, Office of the 
National Coordinator, Office of the Secretary, 200 Independence Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-690-7151.
    Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services, Chapter AR, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology (ONC), as last amended at 74 FR 62785-
62786, dated December 1, 2009, and as corrected at 75 FR 49494, dated 
August 13, 2010, is amended as follows:
    I. Under Part A, Chapter AR, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology, Section AR.20 Functions, delete Chapter 
B in its entirety and replace with the following:

    B. Office of Economic Analysis, Evaluation and Modeling (ARB): 
The Office of Economic Analysis, Evaluation and Modeling works with 
and reports directly to the National Coordinator. The Office: (1) 
Provides advanced policy analysis of health information technology 
strategies and policies to the National Coordinator; (2) applies 
research methodologies to perform evaluation studies of health 
information technology grant programs; and, (3) applies advanced 
mathematical or quantitative modeling to the U.S. health care system 
for simulating the microeconomic and macroeconomic effects of 
investing in health information technology. Such modeling will be 
used with varying public policy scenarios to perform advanced health 
care policy analysis for requirements of the Recovery Act, such as 
reductions in health care costs resulting from adoption and use of 
health information technology.
    The results of these analyses provided to the National 
Coordinator will inform strategies to enhance the use of health 
information technology in improving the quality and efficiency of 
health care and improving public health.

    II. Under Part A, Chapter AR, Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology, Section AR.20 Functions, Chapter C, 
remove the following language from the Office of the Chief Scientist 
(ARC) and renumber the remaining items in the paragraph accordingly:

    ``(1) Applying research methodologies to perform evaluation 
studies of health information technology grant programs;''

    III. Delegation of Authority. Pending further delegation, 
directives or orders by the Secretary or by the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology, all delegations and redelegations of 
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational 
components will continue in them or their successors pending further 
redelegations, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3101.

    Dated: January 31, 2011.
J. Holland, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-2703 Filed 2-7-11; 8:45 am]
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