[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 32975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13307]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Expired Listing for The American
Cancer Biorepository, Inc. d/b/a American Collaborative Biorepository
or ``ACB''
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of delisting.
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SUMMARY: AHRQ has delisted The American Cancer Biorepository, Inc. d/b/
a American Collaborative Biorepository or ``ACB'' as a Patient Safety
Organization (PSO) due to its failure to seek continued listing. The
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act)
authorizes the listing of 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 Midnight
ET (2400) on April 21, 2012.
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, Public Law 109-41, 42 U.S.C. 299b-21--b-26,
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. Accordingly, The
American Cancer Biorepository, Inc. d/b/a American Collaborative
Biorepository or ``ACB'', PSO number P0036, was delisted effective at
12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on April 21, 2012.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.
Dated: May 22, 2012.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-13307 Filed 6-1-12; 8:45 am]
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