[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5517]
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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: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 13, 1997; 9 a.m.-5:30
p.m., March 14, 1997.
Place: Room 703A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
Status: Open.
Purpose: The meeting will focus on the Committee's progress in
addressing new responsibilities in health data standards and health
information privacy as outlined in the administrative simplification
provisions of P.L. 104-191, as well as on related matters.
Departmental 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 P.L.
104-191, and related data policy activities. The Committee is
scheduled to hear reports from its subcommittees and work groups
dealing with privacy and confidentiality, data standards and
populations at risk.
Information presentations are scheduled on conceptual frameworks
for coding and classification, as well as on unique patient
identifiers. The Committee also will discuss its priorities and work
plans.
Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program
information as well as summaries of the meeting and a roster of
committee members may be obtained from James Scanlon, NCVHS
Executive Staff Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440-D. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 690-
7100, or Marjorie Greenberg, Acting Executive Secretary, NCVHS,
NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road,
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 301/436-7050.
Dated: February 28, 1997.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-5517 Filed 3-5-97; 8:45 am]
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