[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 70561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28279]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Patient Safety Organizations: Delisting for Cause for Leadership 
Triad

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of delisting.

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SUMMARY: AHRQ has delisted Leadership Triad due to its failure to 
correct a deficiency. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 
2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109-41, 42 U.S.C. 299b-21--b-26, 
authorizes the listing of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), which 
are entities or component organizations whose mission and primary 
activity is to conduct activities to improve patient safety and the 
quality of health care delivery. HHS issued the Patient Safety and 
Quality Improvement Final Rule (Patient Safety Rule) to implement the 
Patient Safety Act. AHRQ administers the provisions of the Patient 
Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule relating to the listing and 
operation of PSOs.

DATES: The directories for both listed and delisted PSOs are ongoing 
and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. The delisting was effective at 12:00 
Midnight ET (2400) on October 4, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be accessed electronically at the 
following HHS Web site: http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Hogan, Center for Quality 
Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 
20850; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697; Telephone (local): (301) 
427-1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231; TTY (local): (301) 427-1130; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Patient Safety Act, provides for the formation of PSOs, which 
collect, aggregate, and analyze confidential information regarding the 
quality and safety of health care delivery. The Patient Safety Rule, 42 
CFR Part 3, authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to list 
as a PSO an entity that attests that it meets the statutory and 
regulatory requirements for listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' by the 
Secretary if it is found to no longer meet the requirements of the 
Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule. Section 3.108(d) of the 
Patient Safety Rule requires AHRQ to provide public notice when it 
removes an organization from the list of federally approved PSOs.
    In response to a Notice of Proposed Revocation and Delisting sent 
by AHRQ pursuant to 42 CFR 3.108(a)(3)(iii)(C), Leadership Triad stated 
that it did not meet the requirement that, within 24 months of initial 
listing, the PSO must have two bona fide contracts with different 
providers for the purpose of receiving and reviewing patient safety 
work product. Accordingly, pursuant to 42 CFR 3.108(a)(5), the notice 
of proposed revocation was affirmed and AHRQ revoked the listing of 
Leadership Triad, PSO number P0117, a component entity of Triad Health 
Care LLC, effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on October 4, 2013.
    More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web 
site at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.

    Dated: November 14, 2013.
Richard Kronick,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-28279 Filed 11-25-13; 8:45 am]
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