83 FR 22271 - Solicitation of Nominations for Membership To Serve on the Council on Graduate Medical Education

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 93 (May 14, 2018)

Page Range		22271-22272
FR Document		2018-10129

HRSA is seeking nominations of qualified candidates for consideration for appointment as members of the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME). COGME provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS; the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on matters concerning the supply and distribution of physicians in the United States, physician workforce trends, training issues, financing policies, and other matters of significance related to physician workforce and graduate medical education.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 93 (Monday, May 14, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22271-22272]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10129]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Solicitation of Nominations for Membership To Serve on the 
Council on Graduate Medical Education

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is seeking nominations of qualified candidates for 
consideration for appointment as members of the Council on Graduate 
Medical Education (COGME). COGME provides advice and recommendations to 
the Secretary of HHS; the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor 
and Pensions; and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy 
and Commerce on matters concerning the supply and distribution of 
physicians in the United States, physician workforce trends, training 
issues, financing policies, and other matters of significance related 
to physician workforce and graduate medical education.

DATES: The agency will accept nominations on a continuous basis.

ADDRESSES: Nomination packages may be mailed to Advisory Council 
Operations, Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA, Room 11W45C, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857 or submitted electronically by email 
to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kennita R. Carter, MD, Designated 
Federal Official, COGME at 301-945-3505 or email at [email protected]. A 
copy of the current COGME charter, membership, and reports can be 
obtained by accessing the COGME website https://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME encourages entities providing graduate 
medical education to conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the 
recommendations of COGME; develops, publishes, and implements 
performance measures and longitudinal evaluations; and recommends 
appropriation levels for certain Public Health Service Act (PHSA) Title 
VII programs. Meetings take place twice a year.
    Nominations: HRSA is requesting nominations for voting members of 
COGME to include representatives of practicing primary care physicians, 
national and specialty physician organizations, foreign medical 
graduates, medical student and house staff associations, schools of 
allopathic and osteopathic medicine, public and private teaching 
hospitals, and representatives of health insurers, business, and labor. 
Additionally, HRSA encourages nominations of medical students, 
residents, and/or fellows. Members receive appointments based on their 
competence, interest, and knowledge of the mission of the profession 
involved.
    The Secretary of HHS will consider nominations of all qualified 
individuals within the areas of subject matter expertise noted above. 
In making such appointments, the Secretary shall ensure a broad 
geographic representation of members and a balance between urban and 
rural educational settings.
    Professional organizations, employers, or colleagues may nominate 
one or more qualified persons for membership. Individuals selected for 
appointment to COGME will be invited to serve for 4 years. COGME 
members are appointed as special government employees and receive a 
stipend and reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses incurred for 
attending meetings and/or conducting other business on behalf of COGME, 
as authorized by section 5 U.S.C. 5703 for persons employed 
intermittently in government service.
    To evaluate possible conflicts of interest, individuals selected 
for consideration for appointment will be required to provide detailed 
information regarding their financial holdings, consultancies, and 
research grants or contracts. The selected candidates must fill out the 
U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Confidential Financial 
Disclosure Report, OGE Form 450. Disclosure of this information is 
necessary to determine if the selected candidate is involved in any 
activity that may pose a potential conflict with their official duties 
as a member of the Committee.
    A nomination package should include the following information for 
each nominee: (1) A letter of nomination from an employer, a colleague, 
or a professional organization stating the name, affiliation, and 
contact information for the nominee, the basis for the nomination 
(i.e., what specific attributes, perspectives, and/or skills does the 
individual possess that would benefit the workings of COGME), and the 
nominee's field(s) of expertise; (2) a letter of interest from the 
nominee stating the reasons they would like to serve on COGME; (3) a 
biographical sketch of the nominee, including a copy of his/her 
curriculum vitae and his/her contact information (address, daytime 
telephone number, and email address); and (4) the name, address, 
daytime telephone number, and email address where the person nominating 
the individual can be contacted.
    HRSA will collect and retain nomination packages to create a pool 
of possible future COGME voting members. When a vacancy occurs, HRSA 
may review nomination packages from the appropriate category and may 
contact nominees at that time.

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Nominations should be updated and resubmitted every 4 years to continue 
to be considered for committee vacancies.
    HHS strives to ensure a balance of the membership of COGME in terms 
of points of view presented and the committee's function and makes 
every effort to ensure the representation of views of women, all ethnic 
and racial groups, and people with disabilities on HHS Federal Advisory 
Committees. Therefore, we encourage nominations of qualified candidates 
from these groups and endeavor to make appointments to COGME without 
discrimination on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual 
orientation, disability, and cultural, religious, or socioeconomic 
status.

    Authority:  Section 762 of the PHSA (42 U.S.C. 294o), as 
amended. COGME is governed by provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets 
forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees and 
applies to the extent that the provisions of FACA do not conflict 
with the requirements of PHSA Section 762.

Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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Stephen Ripley, Center for Biologics nominations of all qualified individuals
Evaluation and Research, Food and SUMMARY: HRSA is seeking nominations within the areas of subject matter
Drug Administration, 10903 New of qualified candidates for consideration expertise noted above. In making such
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. 7301, for appointment as members of the appointments, the Secretary shall
Silver Spring, MD 20993–0002, 240– Council on Graduate Medical Education ensure a broad geographic
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recommendations to the Secretary of balance between urban and rural
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
HHS; the Senate Committee on Health, educational settings.
I. Background Education, Labor and Pensions; and the Professional organizations, employers,
FDA is announcing the availability of U.S. House of Representatives or colleagues may nominate one or more
a draft guidance for industry entitled Committee on Energy and Commerce on qualified persons for membership.
‘‘Pediatric HIV Infection: Drug matters concerning the supply and Individuals selected for appointment to
Development for Treatment.’’ This draft distribution of physicians in the United COGME will be invited to serve for 4
guidance provides general States, physician workforce trends, years. COGME members are appointed
recommendations on the development training issues, financing policies, and as special government employees and
other matters of significance related to receive a stipend and reimbursement for
of products for the treatment of human
physician workforce and graduate per diem and travel expenses incurred
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
medical education. for attending meetings and/or
in pediatric patients (birth to younger
DATES: The agency will accept conducting other business on behalf of
than 17 years of age), including
nominations on a continuous basis. COGME, as authorized by section 5
recommendations on when sponsors
U.S.C. 5703 for persons employed
should initiate pediatric formulation ADDRESSES: Nomination packages may intermittently in government service.
development and begin pediatric be mailed to Advisory Council To evaluate possible conflicts of
studies to evaluate antiretroviral drug Operations, Bureau of Health interest, individuals selected for
products for the treatment of HIV Workforce, HRSA, Room 11W45C, 5600 consideration for appointment will be
infection. Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland required to provide detailed information
This draft guidance is being issued 20857 or submitted electronically by regarding their financial holdings,
consistent with FDA’s good guidance email to: BHWAdvisoryCouncilFRN@ consultancies, and research grants or
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). hrsa.gov. contracts. The selected candidates must
The draft guidance, when finalized, will fill out the U.S. Office of Government
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
represent the current thinking of FDA Ethics (OGE) Confidential Financial
on drug development for treatment of Kennita R. Carter, MD, Designated
Federal Official, COGME at 301–945– Disclosure Report, OGE Form 450.
pediatric HIV infection. It does not Disclosure of this information is
establish any rights for any person and 3505 or email at kcarter@hrsa.gov. A
copy of the current COGME charter, necessary to determine if the selected
is not binding on FDA or the public. candidate is involved in any activity
You can use an alternative approach if membership, and reports can be
obtained by accessing the COGME that may pose a potential conflict with
it satisfies the requirements of the their official duties as a member of the
applicable statutes and regulations. This website https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory
committees/bhpradvisory/cogme/. Committee.
guidance is not subject to Executive A nomination package should include
Order 12866. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME the following information for each
encourages entities providing graduate nominee: (1) A letter of nomination
II. Electronic Access medical education to conduct activities from an employer, a colleague, or a
Persons with access to the internet to voluntarily achieve the professional organization stating the
may obtain the draft guidance at either recommendations of COGME; develops, name, affiliation, and contact
https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance publishes, and implements performance information for the nominee, the basis
ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/ measures and longitudinal evaluations; for the nomination (i.e., what specific
Guidances/default.htm, https:// and recommends appropriation levels attributes, perspectives, and/or skills
www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/ for certain Public Health Service Act does the individual possess that would
GuidanceComplianceRegulatory (PHSA) Title VII programs. Meetings benefit the workings of COGME), and
Information/Guidances/default.htm, or take place twice a year. the nominee’s field(s) of expertise; (2) a
https://www.regulations.gov. Nominations: HRSA is requesting letter of interest from the nominee
Dated: May 7, 2018. nominations for voting members of stating the reasons they would like to
Leslie Kux,
COGME to include representatives of serve on COGME; (3) a biographical
practicing primary care physicians, sketch of the nominee, including a copy
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
national and specialty physician of his/her curriculum vitae and his/her
[FR Doc. 2018–10187 Filed 5–11–18; 8:45 am]
organizations, foreign medical contact information (address, daytime
BILLING CODE 4164–01–P graduates, medical student and house telephone number, and email address);
staff associations, schools of allopathic and (4) the name, address, daytime
and osteopathic medicine, public and telephone number, and email address
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND private teaching hospitals, and where the person nominating the
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Solicitation of Nominations for business, and labor. Additionally, HRSA HRSA will collect and retain
Membership To Serve on the Council encourages nominations of medical nomination packages to create a pool of
on Graduate Medical Education students, residents, and/or fellows. possible future COGME voting
Members receive appointments based members. When a vacancy occurs,
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services on their competence, interest, and HRSA may review nomination packages
Administration (HRSA), Department of knowledge of the mission of the from the appropriate category and may
Health and Human Services (HHS). profession involved. contact nominees at that time.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Request for nominations.
Dates		The agency will accept nominations on a continuous basis.
Contact		Kennita R. Carter, MD, Designated Federal Official, COGME at 301-945-3505 or email at [email protected] A copy of the current COGME charter, membership, and reports can be obtained by accessing the COGME website https://www.hrsa.gov/ advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/.
FR Citation		83 FR 22271