Next meeting of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) (US)
March 29, 2011
Next meeting of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) (US)
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The next meeting of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 and 11 May 2011. A copy of the Agenda for this meeting will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
“Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide oral testimony at the May 10-11, 2011, meeting if pre- registered.”
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC)
The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services via the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). These include:
• factors affecting access and care for persons with CFS;
• the science and definition of CFS; and
• broader public health, clinical, research and educational issues related to CFS.
• Administrative and management support for CFSAC activities is provided by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). However, staffing will continue to be provided primarily from the Office on Women’s Health, which is part of OASH.
Dr. Wanda K. Jones, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in OASH, will continue in her role as the Designated Federal Officer for CFSAC.
CFSAC Notices
http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/notices/index.html
CFSAC Roster
http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/roster/index.html
CFSAC Meetings
Agenda; Minutes; Presentations; Recommendations
http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/meetings/index.html
Recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/recommendations/index.html
May 10-11, 2011 CFSAC Meeting
PDF: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-6702.pdf
Html: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/2011-6702.htm
[Federal Register: March 22, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 55)]
[Notices]
[Page 15982]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22mr11-88]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Meeting of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee
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AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 10 and 11, 2011. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on May 10, 2011, and 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on May 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Department of Health and Human Services; Room 800, Hubert H. Humphrey Building; 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. For a map and directions to the Hubert H. Humphrey building, please visit http://www.hhs.gov/about/hhhmap.html .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wanda K. Jones, DrPH; Executive Secretary, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee, Department of Health and Human Services; 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Hubert Humphrey Building, Room 712E; Washington, DC 20201. Please direct all inquiries to cfsac@hhs.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CFSAC was established on September 5, 2002.
The Committee shall advise and make recommendations to the Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary for Health, on a broad range of topics including (1) the current state of knowledge and research and the relevant gaps in knowledge and research about the epidemiology, etiologies, biomarkers and risk factors relating to CFS, and identifying potential opportunities in these areas; (2) impact and implications of current and proposed diagnosis and treatment methods for CFS; (3) development and implementation of programs to inform the public, health care professionals, and the biomedical academic and research communities about CFS advances; and (4) partnering to improve the quality of life of CFS patients.
The agenda for this meeting is being developed. The agenda will be posted on the CFSAC Web site,
http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs when it is finalized. The meeting will be broadcast over the Internet as a real-time streaming video. It also will be recorded and archived for on demand viewing through the CFSAC Web site.
[Ed: the real-time streaming also has real-time auto transcription.]
Public attendance at the meeting is limited to space available.
Individuals must provide a government-issued photo ID for entry into the building where the meeting is scheduled to be held. Those attending the meeting will need to sign-in prior to entering the meeting room.
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the designated contact person at cfsac@hhs.gov in advance.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide oral testimony at the May 10-11, 2011, meeting if pre- registered.
Individuals who wish to address the Committee during the public comment session must pre-register by Monday, April 18, 2011, via e-mail to cfsac@hhs.gov . Time slots for public comment will be available on a first-come, first- served basis and will be limited to five minutes per speaker; no exceptions will be made. Individuals registering for public comment should submit a copy of their oral testimony in advance to cfsac@hhs.govprior to the close of business on Monday, April 18, 2011.
If you do not submit your written testimony by the close of business Monday, April 18, 2011, you may bring a copy to the meeting and present it to a CFSAC Support Team staff member. Your testimony will be included in a notebook available for viewing by the public on a table at the back of the meeting room.
Members of the public not providing public comment at the meeting who wish to have printed material distributed to CFSAC members for review should submit, at a minimum, one copy of the material to the Executive Secretary, at cfsac@hhs.gov prior to close of business on Monday, April 18, 2011. Submissions are limited to five typewritten pages. If you wish to remain anonymous, please notify the CFSAC support team upon submission of your materials to cfsac@hhs.gov
All testimony and printed material submitted for the meeting are part of the official meeting record and will be uploaded to the CFSAC Web site and made available for public inspection. Testimony and materials submitted should not include any sensitive personal information, such as a person’s social security number; date of birth; driver’s license number, State identification number or foreign country equivalent; passport number; financial account number; or credit or debit card number. Sensitive health information, such as medical records or other individually identifiable health information, or any non-public corporate or trade association information, such as trade secrets or other proprietary information also should be excluded from any materials submitted.
Dated: March 18, 2011.
Wanda K. Jones,
Executive Secretary, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2011-6702 Filed 3-21-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4150-42-P
Previous two meetings:
May 10, 2010 Meeting
Videocast [RealPlayer is required to view]
CFSAC Recommendations – May 10, 2010
http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/recommendations/05102010.html
• The Secretary should ask the blood community to defer indefinitely from donating any blood components, any person with a history of chronic fatigue syndrome.
• The Secretary should recognize the special challenges of ensuring that CFS is part of any efforts to train or educate health care providers under health reform.
• The Secretary should direct CMS, AHRQ, and HRSA to collaborate on developing a demonstration project focused on better value and more efficient and effective care for persons with CFS. This can be a public-private effort, and monitoring outcomes and costs should be part of the overall evaluation.
• The Secretary should ask the Designated Federal Officer to explore adding a web-based meeting to conduct CFSAC business.
• CFSAC rejects proposals to classify CFS as a psychiatric condition in U.S. disease classification systems. CFS is a multi-system disease and should be retained in its current classification structure, which is within the “Signs and Symptoms” chapter of the International Classification of Diseases 9-Clinical Modification (ICD 9-CM).*
*DFO Note: The ICD 10-CM is scheduled for implementation on October 1, 2013. In that classification, two mutually exclusive codes exist for chronic fatigue [sic]:
post-viral fatigue syndrome (in the nervous system chapter), and
chronic fatigue syndrome, unspecified (in the signs and symptoms chapter).HHS has no plans at this time to change this classification in the ICD 10-CM.
October 12, 2010 Science Day
October 13-14, 2010
Videocast [RealPlayer is required to view]
CFSAC Recommendations – October 13-14, 2010
http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/recommendations/1012-142010.html
The specific recommendations articulated by the Committee are:
• Develop a national research and clinical network for ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/CFS) using regional hubs to link multidisciplinary resources in expert patient care, disability assessment, educational initiatives, research and clinical trials. The network would be a resource for experts for health care policy related to ME/CFS.
• Engage the expertise of CFSAC as HHS moves forward to advance policy and agency responses to the health crisis that is ME/CFS.
• Adopt the term “ME/CFS” across HHS programs.
Memo from Secretary Sebelius to Christopher Snell, CFSAC Chair, on the October 2010 Meeting
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