[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1587-1588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-396]


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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), 
Subcommittee on Standards and Security (SSS).
    Time and Date: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., January 27th, 2004; 8:30 a.m. 
to 5 p.m., January 28th, 2004.

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    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The agenda for Tuesday, January 27th, will be devoted 
to final reports on standards for five domains that were prepared as 
part of the Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative (CHI) and a 
related letter on CHI recommendations to the Secretary will be 
finalized. The afternoon will focus on issues related to the 
implementation of the HIPAA Security Rule.
    The morning of the second day will include an update on 
implementation of HIPAA transactions and code sets provisions; the 
development of a draft letter to the Secretary concerning the Claims 
Attachment Standard; and a session on dental data standards issues. 
The afternoon will be devoted to Subcommittee planning of future 
activities around E-prescriptions.
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information 
as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members 
may be obtained from Maria Friedman, Health Insurance Specialist, 
Security and Standards Group, Centers for Medical and Medicaid 
Services, MS: C5-24-04, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 
21244-1850, telephone: (410) 786-6333 or Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100, Presidential 
Building, 3311 Toledo 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. Should you require 
reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC Office of Equal 
Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) as soon as possible.


    Dated: December 24, 2003.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 04-396 Filed 1-8-04; 8:45 am]
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