[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 160 (Thursday, August 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42079-42080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20020]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Meeting of the AHRQ National Advisory Council for Healthcare
Research and Quality Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's
Healthcare in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice announces a meeting of the
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's Healthcare in Medicaid
and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2009, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, September 18, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Padmini Jagadish, Public Health
Analyst at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither
Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850, (301) 427-1927. For press-related
information, please contact Karen Migdail at (301) 427-1855.
If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation
for a disability is needed, please contact Mr. Michael Chew, Director,
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Program Support Center,
on (301) 443-1144, no later than August 31, 2009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose
The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
was established in accordance with Section 921 (now Section 931) of the
Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c. In accordance with its
statutory mandate, the Council is to advise the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services and the Director, Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), on matters related to actions
of AHRQ to enhance the quality, and improve the outcomes, of health
care services; improve access to such services through scientific
research; and promote improvements in clinical practice and in the
organization, financing, and delivery of health care services.
The Council is composed of members of the public, appointed by the
Secretary, and Federal ex-officio members.
AHRQ's National Advisory Council on Healthcare Research and Quality
(NAC) has established a Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children's
Healthcare in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).
The Subcommittee was created to provide advice to the NAC for
consideration and transmission to AHRQ as AHRQ undertakes
responsibilities in the identification of an initial core quality
measure set for use by Medicaid and CHIP programs for children's
healthcare. A roster of the Subcommittee members is available at http://www.ahrg.gov/chip/chipraact.htm. The first meeting of the subcommittee
took place on July 22 and 23, 2009. The September meeting is the second
working meeting that will be held as a part of this effort.
The identification of an initial core measure set for public
comment is required under Public Law 111-3, the Child Health Insurance
Program
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Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA). The initial core measure set is required
to be posted for public comment by January 1, 2010. CHIPRA reauthorized
the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) originally established in
1997, and in Title IV of the law, added a number of new provisions
designed to improve health care quality and outcomes for children. AHRQ
is working closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) in implementing these provisions. For more information about
AHRQ's role in carrying out the quality provisions of CHIPRA, see
http://www.ahrg.gov/chip/chipraact.htm.
II. Agenda
On Thursday, September 17, 2009, the Subcommittee meeting will
convene at 8 a.m., with the call to order by the Subcommittee Co-
Chairs. The meeting will review results of the second stage of the
Delphi Process of scoring measures for validity, feasibility, and
importance, and proceed to select an initial core set of children's
healthcare quality measures to recommend to the AHRQ National Advisory
Committee (NAC). This process was started in the first subcommittee
meeting, held July 22-23, 2009.
A more specific proposed agenda will be available before the
meeting from Padmini Jagadish, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850, (301) 427-1927,
e-mail address Padmini.Jagadish@ahrq.hhs.gov. The final agenda,
including the time for public comment during the meeting, will be
available on the AHRQ Web site at http://www.ahrg.gov/chip/chipraact.htm no later than September 10, 2009. This AHRQ Web site
links to an email address that can be used to submit comments on CHIPRA
quality measure development as the process of identifying the initial
core measure set proceeds. Subcommittee meeting minutes will be
available within 21 business days after the meeting.
Dated: August 13, 2009.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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