[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8649-8650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4346]


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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).
    Times and Dates: 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 3, 1998. 8:00 a.m.-
5:00 p.m., March 4, 1998.
    Place: Conference Room 303A-339A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 
200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on a variety of data policy and 
privacy issues. The Committee will review its progress and consider 
next steps in addressing new responsibilities in health data 
standards and health information privacy as outlined in the 
administrative simplification provisions of Pub. L. 104-191, the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), 
as well as on related matters. Department officials will brief the 
Committee on recent activities of the HHS Data Council, the status 
of HHS activities in implementing the administrative simplification 
provisions of Pub. L. 104-191, and data implications of the Balanced 
Budget Act.
    A presentation also is scheduled relating to the President's 
Commission on Quality and Consumer Protection, with special 
attention to data issues. A panel discussion on data quality 
standards is planned, as well as a panel discussion of approaches to 
standards for computer-based patient records. Breakout sessions are 
planned for the Subcommittee on Health Data Needs, Standards and 
Security, the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, and the 
Subcommittee on Population-Specific Issues. In addition, a new 
member orientation is scheduled, and the Committee will discuss 
priorities and work plans. All topics are tentative and subject to 
change. Please check the NCVHS website for a detailed agenda.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive information as 
well as summaries of the meeting and a roster of committee members 
may be obtained by visiting the NCVHS website (http://

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 aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs) or 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: February 12, 1998.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 98-4346 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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