[Federal Register: January 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 14)]
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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 Statistics (NCVHS).
    Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 3, 1999; 9:00 
a.m.-5:00 p.m., February 4, 1999.
    Place: Conference Room 705A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Avenue S.W., Washington D.C. 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on a variety of health data 
policy and privacy issues. Department officials will update the 
Committee on recent activities of the HHS Data Council and the 
status of HHS activities in implementing the administrative 
simplification provisions of P.L. 104-191, the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Committee 
also will be briefed on developments in the national health 
information infrastructure in Australia and an overview of public 
health surveillance in the U.S. Panel discussions are planned on 
data requirements for Medicare risk adjusted payments, and 
standardizing surveillance data for immunizations. In addition, 
Subcommittee breakout sessions are planned. All topics are tentative 
and subject to change. Please check the NCVHS website, where a 
detailed agenda will be posted prior to the meeting.
    Contact Person For More Information: Substantive information as 
well as summaries of NCVHS meetings and a roster of committee 
members may be obtained by visiting the NCVHS website (http://
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs) where an agenda for the meeting will be 
posted when available. Additional information may be obtained 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: January 14, 1999.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 99-1385 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am]
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