[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 48 (Friday, March 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12996-12997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5841]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meetings

    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 of the Subcommittee on Standards and Security and the 
Working Group on Computer-based Patient Records.
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., March 30, 2000; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 
March 31, 2000
    Place: Conference Room 703A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: Under the Administrative Simplification provisions of 
P.L. 104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health 
Statistics (NCVHS) is required to study the issues related to the 
adoption of uniform data standards for patient medical record 
information and the electronic interchange of such information, and 
report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services not later then 
August 2000 on recommendations and legislative proposals for such 
standards and electronic interchange. The NCVHS is the Department's 
federal advisory committee on health data, privacy and health 
information policy.
    At this joint meeting, the Subcommittee and Working Group will 
review, discuss and revise the draft report to the Secretary under 
development relating to standards for patient medical record 
information and its electronic transmission, based on the comments 
from the full committee. The tentative agenda for the meeting will 
be posted on the NCVHS website: http://ncvhs.hhs.gov, when 
available.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information about the meeting may be obtained for Michael 
Fitzmaurice (AHCPR, 301 594-3938) or Bob

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Mayes (HCFA, 410 786-6872), lead staff for the Computer-based 
Patient Record Working Group. Information about the NCVHS is 
available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS website, or from 
Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 
1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245.

    Dated: March, 3, 2000.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Program Systems, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and HHS Executive 
Staff Director NCVHS.
[FR Doc. 00-5841 Filed 3-9-00; 8:45 am]
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