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privacy.htm. 

Willard K. Tom, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10097 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Patient Safety Organizations: Expired 

Listing for Medkinetics, LLC 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of delisting. 

SUMMARY: AHRQ has accepted a 

notification of expiration from the 

Medkinetics, LLC of its status as a 

Patient Safety Organization (PSO). 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 January 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be 

accessed electronically at the following 

HHS Web site: http:// 

www.PSO.AHRQ.qov/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, Medkinetics, LLC, 

PSO number P0036, was delisted 

effective at 12 Midnight ET (2400) on 

January 6, 2012. 

More information on PSOs can be 

obtained through AHRQ’s PSO Web site 

at http://www.PSO.AHRQ.gov/ 

index.html. 

Dated: April 19, 2012. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10013 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Patient Safety Organizations: 

Voluntary Relinquishment From 

Surgical Safety Institute 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of delisting. 

SUMMARY: AHRQ has accepted a 

notification of voluntary relinquishment 

from the Surgical Safety Institute of its 

status as a Patient Safety Organization 

(PSO). 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 PS0s. 

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 February 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Both directories can be 

accessed electronically at the following 

HHS Web site: 

http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html. 

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