[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 7853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2909]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Delisting From Apollo
Publishing, Inc.
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Delisting.
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SUMMARY: Apollo Publishing, Inc.: AHRQ has accepted a notification of
voluntary relinquishment from Apollo Publishing, Inc., of its status as
a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005 (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 and
Quality Improvement Final Rule (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, including when a PSO chooses to
voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any reason.
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 December 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Both directories can be accessed electronically at the
following HHS Web site: http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Cousins, RPh., 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; E-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The 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 Rule to implement the Patient Safety
Act. AHRQ administers the provisions of the Patient Safety Act and
Patient Safety Rule (PDF file, 450 KB. PDF Help) relating to the
listing and operation of PSOs. 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. AHRQ has
accepted a notification from Apollo Publishing, Inc., PSO number P0031,
to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO. Accordingly, Apollo
Publishing, Inc. was delisted effective at 12 Midnight ET (2400) on
December 7, 2010.
More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO Web
site at http://www.pso.AHRQ.gov/index.html.
Dated: January 28, 2011.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-2909 Filed 2-10-11; 8:45 am]
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