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On the recordMay 21, 1996
I feel strongly about this Agency's mission for two reasons. First, as I pointed out during our markup, I believe that the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research has gone a long way toward reforming itself and has been responsive to the constructive criticism it received from Congress over the past year. For example, last year there was debate regarding the wisdom of AHCPR continuing to develop clinical practice guidelines now that so many medical societies, health plans, and others have begun to develop their own guidelines. AHCPR took this criticism seriously, engaged in a dialog with the health care community, and announced last month that it would no longer directly support the development of clinical practice guidelines.
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William H. Frist
Tennessee
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Discussing budget assumptions related to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research during a Senate floor debate.

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