[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 40303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14702]


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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: June 26, 2002--9 a.m.-6 p.m.; June 27, 2002--10 
a.m.-2 p.m.
    Place: The Wyndham City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20037.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
first day the full Committee will be briefed by HHS staff on a 
number of topics including an update on activities of the HHS Data 
Council; Departmental responses to recent reports and 
recommendations from the Committee; and the status of implementation 
of the administrative simplification provisions of the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) 
including the status of privacy and data standards regulations. The 
Committee will hear a presentation on the Consolidated Health 
Informatics E-government Initiative and from a panel on recent 
activities in the healthcare quality area. The Committee will also 
vote on approval for its 5th annual report to Congress on the 
implementation of HIPAA administrative simplification provisions, 
the adoption of a plan for Heath Statistics in the 21st Century, and 
draft recommendations for code sets. There will be Subcommittee 
breakout sessions late in the afternoon of the first day and prior 
to the full Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for these 
breakout sessions may be found on the NCVHS Web site (URL below).
    On the second day the full Committee will hear from the General 
Accounting Office on a study on linking records and privacy. Later 
in the day members will hear reports from the Subcommittees and 
Workgroups on their activities. Finally, the agendas for future 
NCVHS meetings will be discussed.
    For Further Information Contact: 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, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-
4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the 
HHS Web site http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information 
including an agenda will be posted when available.

    Dated: May 4, 2002.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 02-14702 Filed 6-11-02; 8:45 am]
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