[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64952-64953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27027]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and 
Dentistry; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care, Medicine 
and Dentistry .
    Dates and Times: November 7, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; November 
8, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Place: Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center, 3800 
Reservoir Road, NW., Washington, DC 20057.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care 
Medicine and Dentistry (``Advisory Committee'') provides advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS), the Senate Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor and Pensions, and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Energy and Commerce. on policy and program development concerning 
certain medicine, general pediatrics, general dentistry, pediatric 
dentistry, and physician assistant programs. The Advisory Committee 
is authorized by section 749 of the Public Health Service Act (PHS 
Act), as amended by the Affordable Care Act.
    At this meeting there will be a number of speakers who will 
address issues relating to the topic of the Advisory Committee's 
tenth report: inter-professional education of primary care 
providers. Some meeting time will be devoted to developing 
recommendations and an outline for the report. There also will be a 
discussion of the Committee's new legislative authorities on 
performance measures and longitudinal evaluation, added by the 
Affordable Care Act. Reports are submitted to the Secretary of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate; and the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
    Agenda: The meeting on Monday, November 7, will begin with 
opening comments from the Division of Medicine and Dentistry within 
the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health 
Professions (BHPr). Speakers from the disciplines of medicine, 
dentistry, nursing, and physician assistants will address critical 
features of the inter-professional education of primary care 
providers. At the end of the morning session, they will form a panel 
and respond to questions from the membership. The Affordable Care 
Act added authorization for the Committee to develop performance 
measures and methods of longitudinal evaluation for certain Title 
VII programs; the afternoon session will be devoted, to this topic.
    The meeting on November 8, 2011, will provide time for members 
to work on the Advisory Committee's tenth report on inter-
professional education. In both plenary session and in small groups, 
the Advisory Committee will begin drafting report recommendations 
and establish an outline for the report. It will determine next 
steps in the report preparation process and plan for the next 
Advisory Committee meeting. An opportunity will be provided for 
public comment at the end of each day.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone interested in obtaining 
a roster of members or other relevant information should write or 
contact Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., PhD, Division of Medicine and 
Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 9A-27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone (301) 443-7271. The web 
address for information on the Advisory Committee is http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/actpcmd/index.html.
    The Advisory Committee will join the three other advisory 
committees in the Bureau of Health Professions for the fourth BHPr 
All Advisory Committee Meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. 
Please refer to the Federal Register notice for the BHPr All 
Advisory Committee Meeting for additional details.


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    Dated: October 13, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-27027 Filed 10-18-11; 8:45 am]
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