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percent of the voting shares of Bradford 

Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of The Bank of 

Bradford, both of Bradford, Tennessee. 

2. First Banks, Inc., St. Louis, 

Missouri; to acquire an additional 1.21 

percent, for a total of 24.99 percent, of 

the voting shares of Community West 

Bancshares, and thereby indirectly 

acquire additional voting shares of 

Community West Bank, National 

Association, both of Goleta, California. 

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Central Financial Corporation, 

Hutchinson, Kansas; to retain 6.04 

percent of the voting shares of Valley 

Capital Bank, N.A., Mesa, Arizona. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 12, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

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Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Assessment and 

Wetland Involvement for the 

Transformation of Facilities and 

Infrastructure for the Non-Nuclear 

Production Activities Conducted at the 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration’s Kansas City Plant at 

Kansas City, MO 

AGENCIES: General Services 

Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Correction. 

SUMMARY: GSA published a notice in the 

Federal Register at 72 FR 69690 on 

Monday, December 10, 2007, 

concerning the National Nuclear 

Security Administration’s Kansas City 

Plant at Kansas City, MO. The document 

contained an incorrect state 

abbreviation and date format. 

DATES: December 17, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diedra Wingate at (202) 501–4755, GSA, 

Regulatory Secretariat. 

Corrections 

In the notice document FR Doc. E7–

23843 on page 69690 make the 

following corrections: 

In the first column, the last line of the 

notice title ‘‘Kansas City, MI’’ should 

read ‘‘Kansas City, MO’’. In the second 

column, under the heading DATES, in the 

third line, ‘‘Monday, January 14th’’, 

should read ‘‘Monday, January 14, 

2008’’. 

Diedra Wingate, 

Regulatory Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Expert Meeting on Disease 

Management Outcomes Measurement 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

date and location of the Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (HHS/ASPE) Expert Meeting 

on Disease Management Outcomes 

Measurement. The objective of the 

meeting is to convene a panel of experts 

from government, academia, and private 

industry to discuss measurement of the 

impact of disease management on health 

outcomes and costs of care, with a focus 

on potential for public sector programs. 

DATES: Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The Expert Meeting will be 

held at 1200 South Hayes Street, Room 

4204, Arlington, VA 22202–5050. 

Telephone: (703) 413–1100. Registration 

procedures are described in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adelle Simmons, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

200 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 

(202) 690–5924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In the face of increasing health care 

costs, evidence of the need for systemwide health care quality improvement, 

and an aging population, disease 

management seems an intuitively 

appealing way to improve the 

coordination and quality of care, and 

ultimately improve health outcomes. In 

broad terms, disease management refers 

to a system of coordinated health care 

interventions and communications to 

help patients address chronic health 

conditions. Commercial health plans 

and large employers are embracing this 

strategy, and public purchasers of health 

care services including the Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 

have implemented demonstration 

programs to evaluate disease 

management for certain conditions. 

Questions about the effectiveness of 

disease management remain, in part, 

because the evaluation methods of 

vendors of large, population-based 

programs often lack scientific validity. 

Conversely, vendors often argue that 

scientifically credible approaches, like a 

randomized controlled experiment that 

the Medicare Health Support pilot uses, 

are not feasible for routine operation. 

Thus, the lack of universally accepted 

yet feasible evaluation methods are a 

major obstacle to adopting and 

improving disease management, because 

potential purchasers of such programs 

find it hard to identify the best program 

design and to monitor its success. A 

primary goal of this meeting is to 

consider the variety of disease 

management programs and identify 

strategies to improve the assessment of 

their impact on individuals with 

multiple chronic conditions. 

II. Registration 

The meeting is open to the public, 

and pre-registration is encouraged. 

Seating capacity is limited, so 

registration will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. Registration can 

be completed by sending an e-mail 

message to Ms. Emily Taylor of the 

RAND Corporation at etaylor@rand.org 

(The RAND Corporation is the 

Contractor to HHS/ASPE to provide 

logistical support for the Expert 

Meeting.) To register by telephone, 

contact Ms. Taylor at (703) 413–1100 

ext. 5793. 

The following information must be 

provided when registering: Name, 

Company/Organization, and address. A 

RAND Corporation staff member will 

confirm registrations by mail, e-mail, or 

fax. 

Note: In the event that the meeting must be 

canceled due to inclement weather, the 

meeting will be held at a later date, and 

registrants will be notified by RAND. 

III. Special Accommodations 

Individuals who are hearing- or 

visually-impaired and have special 

requirements or a condition that 

requires special assistance must request 

accommodation when registering for the 

meeting in order to ensure that 

accommodations will be made. 

Dated: December 12, 2007. 

Mary M. McGeein, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Planning and Evaluation, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

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