Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment for QA to QI LLC

Published date03 July 2019
Citation84 FR 31870
Record Number2019-14215
SectionNotices
CourtAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 31870]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-14215]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
                Patient Safety Organizations: Voluntary Relinquishment for QA to
                QI LLC
                AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department
                of Health and Human Services (HHS).
                ACTION: Notice of delisting.
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                SUMMARY: The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule (Patient
                Safety Rule) authorizes AHRQ, on behalf of the Secretary of HHS, to
                list as a patient safety organization (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 and Quality Improvement Act of
                2005 (Patient Safety Act) and Patient Safety Rule, when a PSO chooses
                to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any reason, or when a
                PSO's listing expires. AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary
                relinquishment from QA to QI LLC, PSO number P0091, of its status as a
                PSO, and has delisted the PSO accordingly.
                DATES: The delisting was effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on June
                15, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: The directories for both listed and delisted PSOs are
                ongoing and reviewed weekly by AHRQ. Both directories can be accessed
                electronically at the following HHS website: http://www.pso.ahrq.gov/listed.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathryn Bach, Center for Quality
                Improvement and Patient Safety, AHRQ, 5600 Fishers Lane, MS 06N100B,
                Rockville, MD 20857; Telephone (toll free): (866) 403-3697; Telephone
                (local): (301) 427-1111; TTY (toll free): (866) 438-7231; TTY (local):
                (301) 427-1130; Email: [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                Background
                 The Patient Safety Act, 42 U.S.C. 299b-21 to 299b-26, and the
                related Patient Safety Rule, 42 CFR part 3, published in the Federal
                Register on November 21, 2008, 73 FR 70732-70814, establish a framework
                by which individuals and entities that meet the definition of provider
                in the Patient Safety Rule may voluntarily report information to PSOs
                listed by AHRQ, on a privileged and confidential basis, for the
                aggregation and analysis of patient safety events.
                 The Patient Safety Act authorizes the listing of PSOs, which are
                entities or component organizations whose mission and primary activity
                are 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 relating to the listing and operation of PSOs. The
                Patient Safety Rule authorizes AHRQ to list as a PSO an entity that
                attests that it meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for
                listing. A PSO can be ``delisted'' if it is found to no longer meet the
                requirements of the Patient Safety Act and Patient Safety Rule, when a
                PSO chooses to voluntarily relinquish its status as a PSO for any
                reason, or when a PSO's listing expires. 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 QA to QI LLC, to voluntarily
                relinquish its status as a PSO. Accordingly, QA to QI LLC, P0091, was
                delisted effective at 12:00 Midnight ET (2400) on June 15, 2019.
                 QA to QI LLC has patient safety work product (PSWP) in its
                possession. The PSO will meet the requirements of section
                3.108(c)(2)(i) of the Patient Safety Rule regarding notification to
                providers that have reported to the PSO and of section 3.108(c)(2)(ii)
                regarding disposition of PSWP consistent with section 3.108(b)(3).
                According to section 3.108(b)(3) of the Patient Safety Rule, the PSO
                has 90 days from the effective date of delisting and revocation to
                complete the disposition of PSWP that is currently in the PSO's
                possession.
                 More information on PSOs can be obtained through AHRQ's PSO website
                at http://www.pso.ahrq.gov.
                Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
                Associate Director.
                [FR Doc. 2019-14215 Filed 7-2-19; 8:45 am]
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