[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 3532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1606]


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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 a.m. to 5 p.m., January 29, 2003; 9 a.m. to 1 
p.m., January 30, 2003.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705A, 200 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The agenda for Wednesday, January 29th includes 
presentations from three panels (health care providers, health 
plans, and health researchers) on current coding practices for 
Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) services and therapies. The 
presentations and question and answer periods will be followed by a 
Roundtable discussion among the panelists. The morning session on 
the 30th will be an interactive discussion with industry 
representatives regarding ways to improve the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) standards 
maintenance and update process.
    CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
    Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings 
and a roster of Committee members may be obtained from Karen Trudel, 
Senior Technical Advisor, Security and Standards Group, Centers for 
Medicine and Medicaid Services, MS: C5-24-04, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, telephone: 410-786-9937; or 
Majorie 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 an agenda for the meeting will be posted 
when available.

    Dated: January 14, 2003.
James Scanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 03-1606 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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