[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42698-42699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17338]


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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 Standards and Security.
    Time and Date: 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., July 13, 2000; 9:00 a.m. to 
1:30 p.m., July 14, 2000.
    Place: Room 705A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this hearing is to discuss local code 
issues and early implementation of the Administrative Simplification 
standards that will be required under the Health Insurance Portability 
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). For local code issues, the 
Subcommittee will hear testimony delineating the problem and examining 
some of the tools and processes that could lead to a solution. For 
early implementors, the Subcommittee will hear a wide perspective of 
the issues from providers, vendor/clearinghouses, and geographic 
networks, as well as industry solutions.

    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., Senior 
Science Advisor for Information Technology, Agency for Health Care 
Research and Quality, 2101 East Jefferson Street, #600, Rockville, MD 
20852, phone: (301) 594-3938; or

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Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for 
Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 
1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. Information is also available on the 
NCVHS home page of the HHS website: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ where an 
agenda for the meeting will be posted when available.

    Dated: June 28, 2000.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 00-17338 Filed 7-10-00; 8:45 am]
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