[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19266]


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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 (SSS).
    Time and Date:

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., August 19, 2003.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., August 20, 2003.
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., August 21, 2003.
    Place: Washington Terrace Hotel, 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The agenda for Tuesday, August 19th includes discussion 
on Drug and Devise Terminologies. The morning session on the 20th 
will be devoted to reviewing the PMRI Terminology report. During the 
afternoon session, discussion will take place on the analysis of the 
impact of moving to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. On the 21st, a wrap up 
of day one and two will begin the session followed by an update on 
Claims Attachments. Discussion of updates/issues related to the 
Financial and Administrative Transaction Implementation will end the 
day.
    For Further Information Contact: 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 Medicare 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 Diseases Control and Prevention, Room 2413, 3311 Toledo 
Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone: (301) 438-4245. 
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.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: July 15, 2003.
James Scanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 03-19266 Filed 7-28-03; 8:45 am]
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