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Secretary's Advisory Committee on Regulatory Reform First Meeting January 7 - January 8, 2002

Work plan Documents

Meeting Locations:

  • January 7th - Providence Hospital, Washington, DC. (Directions)
  • January 8th - Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, DC. (Directions)

Meeting Agenda:

Providence Hospital, Washington, DC 

January 7. 2002

Secretary and Committee Chair Tour  8:30 - 9:00
Introductory Remarks and Swearing in of Committee 
Secretary Tommy Thompson 
Assistant Secretary Bobby Jindal
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Statement of the Committee Chair 
Douglas Wood, M.D.
9:45 am - 9:55 am 
Committee Member Introductions  9:55 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch Break  12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Panel One: Perspectives from the Field  
Beneficiaries and Providers
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Public Comment  2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Break  2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel Two: Perspective from the Government  
Overview of the Regulatory Process 
from Legislation to Operations 
David Cade, Office of the General Counsel 
Judy Ballard, Office of the Secretary 
Linda Fishman, CMS 
Bill Hubbard, FDA
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Panel Three: Perspective from the Office  
of the Inspector General
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Panel Four: Perspective from External Bodies 
MedPAC 
GAO (full testimony at future regional hearing) 
Congress
4:45-5:45 pm 
Overview of 2nd Day Work Plan  5:45 - 6:00 pm

Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, DC, Room 800 

January 8, 2002

Committee Work Plan 
Operating Principles 
Issue Selection Criteria 
Committee Organization 
Regional Hearings 
Analytic Framework
8:00 am - 8:30 am 
Group Break-Out Discussions of Work Plan  8:30 am - 10:30 am
Break  10:30 am - 10:45 am
Group Reports  10:45 am - 11:30 am
Panel Five: Existing Best Practices Case Studies  
FDA Case Study: Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research, Janet Woodcock 
Negotiated Rulemaking: Office of the Secretary, 
Judy Ballard CMS
CMS Case Study: Physicians Regulatory Issues Team, 
Barbara Paul, MD
11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Adjourn

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