[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8112-8113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2426]


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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: February 21, 2001--9:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m.; February 
22, 2001--10:10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
first day an update from HHS has been scheduled on the 
implementation of the administrative simplification provisions of 
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(HIPAA). The Committee will be briefed by HHS staff on a number of 
data policy activities including a report from a recent World Health 
Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting, an evaluation of the 
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for surveillance of sentinel 
health indicators, and a presentation

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on the National Electronic Data Surveillance System (NEDSS) and 
Public Health Conceptual Data Model. The first day will end with 
Subcommittee working sessions. The Subcommittee on Privacy and 
Confidentiality will meet early on day two. Day two of the full 
Committee meeting will feature a briefing on the International 
Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification 
(ICD-10 CM) and a discussion of NCVHS strategic planning. The 
afternoon agenda is comprised of reports from the Subcommittees and 
planning future agendas.
    Notice: In the interest of security, HHS has instituted 
stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey building 
by non-government employees. Persons without a government 
identification card may 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 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, MD 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 including an agenda will be posted when available.

    Dated: January 22, 2001.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 01-2426 Filed 1-26-01; 8:45 am]
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