[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67947-67948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18791]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Meeting of the Council on Graduate Medical Education

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
notice announces a change to the 2-day Council on Graduate Medical 
Education (COGME or Council) public meeting scheduled for September 12, 
2024, and September 13, 2024. The meeting will now be a 1-day meeting 
held on September 12, 2024. Information about COGME, agendas, and 
materials for this meeting can be found on the COGME website at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/meetings. This 
notice supersedes information about COGME's 2024 meetings found in the 
Federal Register notice dated December 15, 2023, Meeting of the Council 
on Graduate Medical Education.

DATES: The COGME meeting will be held on:


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 September 12, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Eastern Time

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by teleconference and/or a video 
conference platform. For updates on how the meeting will be held, visit 
the COGME website 20 calendar days before the date of the meeting, 
where instructions for joining meetings will be posted. For meeting 
information updates, go to the COGME website meeting page at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Rogers, Designated Federal 
Officer, Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health 
Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301-443-
5260; or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME provides advice and recommendations to 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Congress on policy, 
program development, and other matters of significance regarding the 
issues listed in section 762(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. 
Issues addressed by COGME include the supply and distribution of the 
physician workforce in the United States, including any projected 
shortages or excesses; foreign medical school graduates; the nature and 
financing of undergraduate and graduate medical education (GME); 
appropriation levels for certain programs under Title VII of the Public 
Health Service Act; and deficiencies in databases concerning the supply 
and distribution of the physician workforce and postgraduate programs 
for training physicians. COGME submits reports to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services; the Senate Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor and Pensions; and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Energy and Commerce. COGME encourages entities providing GME to conduct 
activities to voluntarily achieve the recommendations of the Council 
related to appropriate efforts to be carried out by hospitals, schools 
of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, and accrediting bodies 
with respect to the supply and distribution of physicians in the United 
States; current and future shortages or excesses of physicians in 
medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties; and issues 
relating to foreign medical school graduates, including efforts for 
changes in undergraduate and GME programs.
    Since priorities dictate meeting times, be advised that start 
times, end times, and agenda items are subject to change. For the 
September 12, 2024, meeting, agenda items may include, but are not 
limited to, discussions on team-based care, the Senate Finance 
Committee's Medicare GME draft policy document, and the 2018 Government 
Accountability Office's Report on Physician Workforce. Refer to the 
COGME website listed above for all current and updated information 
concerning the September meeting, including agendas and meeting 
materials that will be posted 20 calendar days before the meeting.
    Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide 
comments. Public participants may submit written statements in advance 
of the scheduled meeting. Oral comments will be honored in the order 
they are requested and may be limited as time allows. Requests to 
submit a written statement or make oral comments to COGME should be 
sent to Shane Rogers using the contact information above at least 5 
business days before the meeting date.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-18791 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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