[Federal Register: October 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 192)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health 
Care, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 26, 2004, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Accreditation Association 
for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC) has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is Accreditation 
Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc., (``AAAHC'') Wilmette, IL 
60091. The nature and scope of AAAHC's standard development activities 
are: AAAHC develops and maintains standards of encourage the voluntary 
attainment of high-quality care in organizations providing health care 
services in ambulatory settings. The standards describe characteristics 
that AAAHC determines as indicative of an accreditable organization. 
The accreditation process involves self-assessment by a health care 
organizations, as well as a thorough review by AAAHC's expert surveyors 
to determine compliance with AAAHC standards. AAAHC updates its 
standards on a year basis, with input from many health care 
organizations and the public. The standards and survey procedures are 
contained in the

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AAAHC Accreditation Handbook for Ambulatory Health Care.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-22296 Filed 10-4-04; 8:45 am]

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