[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8649-8650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4346]
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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
meeting.
Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
Times and Dates: 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 3, 1998. 8:00 a.m.-
5:00 p.m., March 4, 1998.
Place: Conference Room 303A-339A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
Status: Open.
Purpose: The meeting will focus on a variety of data policy and
privacy issues. The Committee will review its progress and consider
next steps in addressing new responsibilities in health data
standards and health information privacy as outlined in the
administrative simplification provisions of Pub. L. 104-191, the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA),
as well as on related matters. Department officials will brief the
Committee on recent activities of the HHS Data Council, the status
of HHS activities in implementing the administrative simplification
provisions of Pub. L. 104-191, and data implications of the Balanced
Budget Act.
A presentation also is scheduled relating to the President's
Commission on Quality and Consumer Protection, with special
attention to data issues. A panel discussion on data quality
standards is planned, as well as a panel discussion of approaches to
standards for computer-based patient records. Breakout sessions are
planned for the Subcommittee on Health Data Needs, Standards and
Security, the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, and the
Subcommittee on Population-Specific Issues. In addition, a new
member orientation is scheduled, and the Committee will discuss
priorities and work plans. All topics are tentative and subject to
change. Please check the NCVHS website for a detailed agenda.
Contact Person for More Information: Substantive information as
well as summaries of the meeting and a roster of committee members
may be obtained by visiting the NCVHS website (http://
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aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs) or by calling James Scanlon, NCVHS
Executive Staff Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440-D. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 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 301/436-7050.
Note: 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: February 12, 1998.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 98-4346 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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