[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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