[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53308-53309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22403]


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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 (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Time and Date:
    September 19, 2000--9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT.
    September 20, 2000--10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT.
    Place: Quality Hotel Courthouse Plaza, 1200 N. Courthouse Road, 
Arlington, VA 22201, (888) 987-2555.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
first day there will be an update from HHS on the implementation of 
the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Committee 
will also discuss the outcome of the August Executive Subcommittee 
Retreat relating to work planning, organization, and future 
directions. Presentations are scheduled on two quality of care data 
issues: the National Quality Report Card Strategy, and the 
Performance Measurement Coordinating Council. The first day will end 
with subcommittee breakout sessions. On day two the Committee will 
be briefed on an Institute of Medicine report on confidentiality 
practices of institutional review boards relating to health services 
research, and will discuss the World Health Organization's report on 
improving the performance of health systems. There will also be an 
update from the Interagency Working Group on summary health 
measures. The meeting will close with reports from Subcommittees and 
Working Groups.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics,

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1110, Presidential 
Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 
(301) 458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page 
of the HHS website http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 
information will be posted when available.

    Dated: August 25, 2000.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 00-22403 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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