[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7359]


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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), 
Subcommittee on Population-Specific Issues.
    Times And Dates: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., April 14, 1998; 9:00 
a.m. - 4:00 p.m., April 15, 1998.
    Place: Conference Room E-275C, Low Rise, John F. Kennedy Federal 
Building, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02203.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee is in the process of examining a 
number of data needs and issues associated with Medicaid managed 
care. The purpose of this site visit is to examine the experience of 
Massachusetts in implementing, evaluating and monitoring the State's 
Medicaid Managed Care program with special attention to data needs, 
data systems, data uses and data issues. Presentations are planned 
involving representatives of State agencies, providers, plans, and 
patient advocacy groups who will describe their data needs and 
issues relating to Medicaid managed care.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as a roster of committee members may be obtained 
from Carolyn Rimes, lead Subcommittee staff, health Care Financing 
Administration, DHHS, 7500 Security Boulevard, C-3-21-06, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244-1850, telephone (410)786-6620, or Marjorie S. 
Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, 
Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782, telephone 301-436-7050. Additional information about the full 
Committee is available on the NCVHS website, where the tentative 
agenda for the Subcommittee meeting will also be posted when 
available: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs.

    Dated: March 13, 1998.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 98-7359 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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