[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56791-56792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27438]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of
Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee
meetings.
Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.-5:p.m., November 3, 1999.
Place: Holiday Inn, Georgetown, 2101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC
Status: Open
Purpose: A one day meeting of the National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics is planned for November 3, 1999. The meeting
will focus on a variety of health data policy issues. Department
officials will update the Committee on recent activities of the HHS
Data Council and the status of HHS activities in implementing the
administrative simplication provisions of Public Law 104-191, the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
The Committee also will discuss its draft report on Medicaid managed
care data issues, as well as possible NCVHS comments on forthcoming
HIPAA Notices of Proposed Rulemaking relating to standards for
claims attachments, health information privacy, and other proposed
rules.
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All topics are tentative and subject to change. Prior to the
meeting, please check the NCVHS web site, where a detailed agenda
will be posted when available.
Contact Person for More Information: Substantive information as
well as summaries of NCVHS meetings and a roster of committee
members may be obtained by visiting the NCVHS website (http://
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs) where an agenda for the meeting will be
posted when available. Additional information may be obtained by
calling James Scanlon, NCVHS Executive Staff Director Office of the
Assistance Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440-D,
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201,
telephone (202) 690-7100, or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive
Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525
Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 436-
4253.
Notes: In the interest of security, the Department has
instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H.
Humphrey Building by non-government employees. Thus, individuals
without a government identification card may need to have the guard
call for an escort to the meeting room.
Dated: October 14, 1999.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 99-27438 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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