The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is inviting you to tell them about any problems you are having accessing IVIG. You can attend OR phone in! The call-in number will be provided after you register.
Registration: https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/conferences/hhs/ or the ERG conference registration line, 781-674-7374
Purpose of the meeting: The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation has contracted with Eastern Research Group, Inc (ERG) to develop an analysis of supply, distribution, demand, and access issues associated with IVIG. This meeting is to obtain public comment on access issues to be used in the analysis. The Town Hall meeting will accept comments from all stakeholders, but is focused on patient and physician concerns with access to IVIG including:
- Patients switching IVIG products due to access problems
- Changes in the administration location
- Patients receiving fewer treatments
- Patients receiving reduced dosages
- Reimbursement problems with IVIG products
- Patients receiving reduced dosages
- Health consequences for patients of any access issues
Comments: Meeting attendees can sign up on a first-come, first-served basis to present their comments (maximum of
5-minutes) via the meeting website when they register. Comments may be made in person or by phone. Commenters should focus on issues related to access to IVIG and quantify these impacts when possible. Commenters must provide their name, title, and organization (if applicable) on their registration and identify the topic area they will address. Presenters that cannot attend in person can participate via phone. If you are unable to attend in person, you should indicate at registration that you wish to participate via phone. A call-in conference number will be provided to you in your registration confirmation. Written comments are welcome from the public regardless of whether you attend the Town Hall Meeting or whether you make an oral presentation at the Town Hall Meeting. Written comments can be submitted either at the meeting, or before or after the meeting via e-mail to
meetings@erg.com (subject: IVIG Meeting Comments). Or via regular mail to ATTN: IVIG Meeting, ERG, 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421. Please note that electronic submissions are preferred due to delays in receiving U.S. Postal Mail. We are able to consider only those comments received in writing and/or via email by 5 p.m. EST on October 15, 2006.
Attendees must register by September 21st.
