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399HH(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (as
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added by section 3011).
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(2) Avoidance of inefficient duplication of qual-
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ity improvement efforts and resources, where prac-
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ticable, and a streamlined process for quality report-
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ing and compliance requirements.
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(3) Assess alignment of quality efforts in the
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public sector with private sector initiatives.
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(c) C
OMPOSITION
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(1) I
N GENERAL
.--The Working Group shall be
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composed of senior level representatives of--
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(A) the Department of Health and Human
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Services;
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(B) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
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Services;
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(C) the National Institutes of Health;
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(D) the Centers for Disease Control and
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Prevention;
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(E) the Food and Drug Administration;
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(F) the Health Resources and Services Ad-
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ministration;
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(G) the Agency for Healthcare Research and
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Quality;
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(H) the Office of the National Coordinator
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for Health Information Technology;
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