[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25442]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) 
Executive Subcommittee; Meetings

    Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
announces the following subcommittee meetings.

    Name: NCVHS Executive Subcommittee.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., November 8-9, 1995.
    Place: Auditorium, Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, 
Oakland, CA 94612-5217.

    Name: NCVHS Executive Subcommittee.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., December 5-6, 1995.
    Place: Room 703A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to obtain public 
comments and views toward identifying a set of core health data 
elements on persons and encounters or events that can serve multiple 
purposes and would benefit from standardization. This is a public-
private collaborative effort by NCVHS to provide information and 
advice to the Department of Health and Human Services that would 
help maximize the utility of core person and encounter date and 
foster evolution of public and private health information systems 
toward more uniform, shared data standards. The Committee seeks 
through this effort to facilitate consensus development and build 
the concepts of multiple use, continued change, and long-term 
evolution of core data elements into general thinking and practice. 
The goal is to see what commonalities already exist and to what 
extent there can be further movement toward greater commonality of 
terms and consistency of definition. The Committee hopes to provide 
tentative recommendations to the Department's recently established 
Data Council by early 1996.
    Matters to be Discussed: Comments and views of health data 
collectors and users will be sought on a list of potential core data 
elements, which includes those that have been recommended or 
considered by NCVHS for inclusion in the Uniform Hospital Discharge 
Data Set and Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set. The list also 
includes additional elements frequently collected by selected public 
and private payers and health care plans, as identified through 
development of a working compendium of core data elements collected 
or proposed for collection regarding eligibility, enrollment, 
encounters, and claims in the United States. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Persons wishing to make oral comments at the meeting should 
notify the contact persons in writing or by telephone no later than 
the close of business on October 20, 1995. Written comments are 
welcome and should be reviewed by October 27, 1995. All request to 
make oral comments should contain the name, address, telephone 
number, and organizational affiliation of the presenter. Depending 
on the time available and the number of requests to make oral 
comments, it may be necessary to limit each presenter.
    Comments received after October 27 but by November 17 will be 
considered at the December 5-6 meeting. Other oral comments and 
germane discussion will be accepted at the discretion of the chair 
and as time permits. Written comments from persons who do not expect 
to attend either the November 8-9 or December 5-6 meeting should be 
submitted to the general information contacts listed below. These 
comments will become a part of the official record of the meeting. 
Persons with disabilities who require special accommodations are 
requested to specify their needs in writing to the general 
information contact persons listed below by October 20, 1995.
    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 should plan to arrive at the 
building each meeting day either between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. or 12:30 
and 1:00 p.m. so they can be escorted to the meeting. Entrance to 
the meeting at other times during the day cannot be assured. In the 
interest of security at the Oakland Building, persons must present a 
picture identification or sign in with the security guard.
    Contact Persons for More Information. Substantive program and 
technical information may be obtained from Lynnette Araki or 
Marjorie S. Greenberg, Office of Planning and Extramural Programs, 
(OPEP), NCHS, CDC, telephone number 301/436-7142, fax 301/436-4233. 
For general information on logistics and special needs as well as 
summaries of the meetings and a roster of committee members please 
contact Bette Darling, Program Development Staff, OPEP, NCHS, CDC, 
Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782, telephone 301/436-7122, fax 301/436-4233.

    Dated: October 6, 1995.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-25442 Filed 10-12-95; 8:45 am]
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