AGENDA

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

November 14-15, 1996

Room 503A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C.

[Minutes of the meeting]

Thursday, November 14

9:00 a.m. Call to Order - Dr. Detmer
Welcome and Introductions
Review of Agenda
9:30 a.m. Update from the Department and HHS Data Council - Jack Ebeler, ASPE, Data Council Co-Chair
  • HHS implementation of P.L. 104-191 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
  • Privacy component - John Fanning, ASPE
  • Data standards component - Bob Moore, HCFA and Bill Braithwaite, ASPE
10:30 a.m. ANSI HISB Inventory of Administrative Transaction Standards - C. Peter Waegemann, Chairman, ANSI HISB
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Research, Public Health, and Quality Assurance Panel
Margaret Van Amringe, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Margaret O'Kane, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Public Health (To be announced)
Korbin Liu, Ph.D., Urban Institute
Mark Epstein, D.Sc., National Assocation of Health Data Organizations
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Administrative Transactions Standards Panel
Mark Segal, National Uniform Claim Committee
Gene Carruth, Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
George Arges, National Uniform Billing Committee
Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (To be announced)
Ed Hammond, Computerized Patient Record Institute
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Discussion continued
5:30 p.m. Adjourn

Friday, November 15

8:30 a.m. Call to Order - Dr. Detmer
Introductions
8:40 a.m. Review and Approval of Charges and Workplans
Action Item
  • Work Group on Data Standards and SecurityBarbara Starfield, M.D.
  • Work Group on Privacy and ConfidentialityRobert Gellman, J.D.
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. NCVHS Priorities and Structure - Dr. Detmer and members
· Work Group on Populations at Risk - Lisa Iezzoni, M.D.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Briefing on Ethics in Government Office of the Special Counsel for Ethics (To be announced)
· Discussion of Conflict of Interest GuidelinesMembers
2:30 p.m. Selection of Future Meeting Dates, Members, Agenda Topics
2:45 p.m. Adjourn to Breakout for Work Groups
  • Work Group on Data Standards Room 503A[Minutes]
  • Work Group on Privacy and ConfidentialityRoom 423A
  • Work Group on Populations at RiskRoom 425A
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

November 15, 1996