[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 115 (Monday, June 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32615-32616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15780]
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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: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., June 24, 1997. 8:00 a.m.-
5:30 p.m., June 25, 1997.
Place: The Washington Marriot, 1221 22nd Street N.W., Washington
D.C. 20037, Phone (202) 872-1500.
The hotel is located on 22nd Street between M and N Streets. The
closest metro stops are Foggy Bottom (Blue and Orange lines) and
Dupont Circle (Red Line). Limited parking is available in the area.
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 Public Law 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 P.L.
104-191, and related data policy activities.
The Committee also will consider subcommittee reports relating
to health information privacy and health data
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standards to support health care electronic data interchange,
pursuant to P.L. 104-191. Based on those reports, the full Committee
is planning to consider its HIPAA recommendations to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services. Additional discussions are scheduled
on State experiences in implementing health data standards for
electronic data interchange and medical records privacy laws and
initiatives. A status report also is scheduled on the process for
review of OMB Directive 15 on race and ethnicity data. 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 S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, telephone (202)
690-7100, or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Acting Executive Secretary,
NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest
Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 301/436-7050.
Dated: June 9, 1997.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-15780 Filed 6-13-97; 8:45 am]
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