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NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security
Charge
The Subcommittee will monitor and make recommendations to the full Committee
on health data standards and security, primarily related to implementation of
the Administrative Simplification provisions of P.L. 104-191 and other related
legislation.
Specifically, the Subcommittee will:
- Identify opportunities and issues in health data standards and security
for full Committee attention.
- Through a variety of mechanisms, provide outreach, liaison, and
consultation with and serve as a forum for
- consumer groups,
- the health industry,
- standards development organizations,
- the research community, and
- state and local governments
on health data standards and security.
- Advise the full Committee on strategies -- including public information,
educational efforts, research, and development -- to promote a continuing
process of developing and implementing standards.
- Based upon consultation and analysis, make recommendations to the full
Committee on the implementation of the provisions relating to health data
standards outlined in P.L. 104-191, with special attention to the standards
relating to:
- administrative transactions and electronic data interchange standards;
- unique health identifiers for plans, providers, employers, and individuals;
- code sets and classification systems;
- security and electronic signatures; and
- uniform data standards for patient medical record information and the
electronic exchange of such information, including computer-based medical
record systems.
- Consider the implications of and make recommendations to the full
Committee on the impact of standards for electronic transactions, identifiers,
and security on various players in the health care system, including large and
small providers; large and small health plans; employers; individuals; and
Federal, state, and local governments.
- Produce recommendations for the full Committee's annual report to Congress
on the implementation of Administrative Simplification.
Last updated Sept. 11, 2002.
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