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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 32975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 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: pso@AHRQ.hhs.gov.

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]
BILLING CODE 4160-90-M
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