[Federal Register: November 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 224)] [Notices]
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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), Joint Meeting: Subcommittee on Standards and Security and Workgroup on Computer-based Patient Records.

Time and Date: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., December 9, 1999; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., December 10, 1999.

Place: Room 705A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open.

Purpose: On December 9, the Subcommittee and Working Group will review previous testimony and draft recommendations for a report to the Secretary. On December 10, they will discuss the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on claims attachments (if published), draft comments on the RPRM for full HCVHS review, discuss a process for assessing implementations of HIPAA, and discuss issues for year 2000.

Notice: In the interest of security, the Department has instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without a government identification card will need to have the guard call for an escort to the meeting.

Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members may be obtained from J. Michael Fitzmaurice, Ph.D., Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street, #602, Rockville, MD 20852, phone: 301-594-1483, x1052; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 436-7050. Information also is available on the HCVHS home page of the HHS website: http:// www.ncvhs,hhs.gov/ where an agenda for the meeting will be posted when available.

Dated: November 15, 1999.

James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 99-30351 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]

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