Federal Register Notice
2/20/98
(63 FR 8649)

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:// 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. [p8650]

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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