Department of Health and Human Services Oversight: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, September 20, 1982

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Page 123 - US Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201...
Page 35 - ... either the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects and issues involved.
Page 70 - Government, including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Page 53 - Hospitals (consisting of representatives of the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, the American College of Physicians, and the American College of Surgeons) inspect VA hospitals for accreditation purposes and it might be added that all VA hospitals do meet accreditation standards.
Page 128 - Administration — the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) — are studying the potential for its use in their programs.
Page 111 - FDA believes it needs additional authorities to ensure food safety, but the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Management and Budget have not forwarded FDA'S legislative proposals to the Congress for consideration.
Page 93 - EDITORIAL NOTE: The Department of Health and Human Services issued a notice of waiver regarding the requirements set forth in part 46, relating to protection of human subjects, as they pertain to demonstration projects, approved under section 1115 of the Social Security Act. which test the use of cost — sharing, such as déductibles, copayment and coinsurance, in the Medicaid program.
Page 121 - ... initiative to improve medical review by intermediaries and carriers under title XVIII of the Social Security Act and to encourage similar review efforts by private insurers and other private entities. The initiative shall include the development of specific standards for measuring the performance of such intermediaries and carriers with respect to the identification and reduction of unnecessary utilization of health services.
Page 36 - The requirement of submission of a proposed rule for comment does not automatically generate a new opportunity for comment merely because the...
Page 20 - ... supplier has sampled and analyzed each batch of premix for each reliedupon nutrient and has so certified in writing. § 106.25 In-process control. (a) For each infant formula, a master manufacturing order shall be prepared and approved by a responsible official of the manufacturer. The manufacturer shall establish a quality control system that assures and verifies the addition of each ingredient specified in the manufacturing order.

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