[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22620]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


Contract Review Meeting

    In accordance with Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), announcement is made of the following 
technical review committee to meet during the month of September 1997:

    Name: Committee on the Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research Health Insurance Plan Abstraction Data Base Project.
    Date and Time: September 3, 1997, 10:00-12:00 p.m.
    Place: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East 
Jefferson Street, Suite 500, Rockville, Md 20852.
    This meeting will be closed to the public.
    Purpose: The Technical Review Committee's charge is to provide, 
on behalf of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) 
Contracts Review Committee, recommendations to the Administrator, 
AHCPR, regarding the technical merit of the contract proposals 
submitted in response to a specific Request for Proposals regarding 
the AHCPR Health Insurance Plan Abstraction Data Base Project.
    The purpose of this contract is to create a data base of health 
insurance benefits information. These data describe the health 
benefits included in health insurance policy booklets that are 
collected as part of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. In order 
to develop a uniform set of benefits data, policy booklets are read, 
reviewed for completeness, and information is abstracted into an 
electronic data base. To support this effort, the contract also 
provides support for programming the required software and for 
implementing a training component. The training component is needed 
to instruct personnel in a uniform set of standards to be applied 
during the abstraction of information from health insurance policy 
booklets.
    Agenda: The Committee meeting will be devoted entirely to the 
technical review and evaluation of the contract proposals submitted 
in response to the above referenced Request for Proposals. The 
Administrator, AHCPR, has made a formal determination that this 
meeting will not be open to the public. This action is necessary to 
protect the free and full exchange of views in the contract 
evaluation process and safeguard confidential proprietary 
information, and personal information concerning individuals 
associated with the proposals that may be revealed during the 
meeting. This action is taken in accordance with section 10(d) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2, 5 USC 
(b)(c)(6), 41 CFR Section 101-6.1023 and Department procurement 
regulations, 48 CFR section 315.604(d).
    Anyone wishing to obtain information regarding this meeting 
should contact Jessica Vistnes, Center for Cost and Financing 
Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East 
Jefferson Street, Suite 500, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 301/594-
1406.

    Dated: August 20, 1997.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-22620 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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