[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 63816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30351]


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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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