[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 45321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17329]


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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 meetings.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Standards and Security (SSS)
    Times and Dates:
    Meeting One: July 28, 2004 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; July 29, 2004 8:30 
a.m.-6 p.m.; July 30, 2004 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Meeting Two: August 17, 2004, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; August 18, 2004 
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; August 19, 2004 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At the July 28-30 meeting, the Subcommittee will hold 
hearings related to NCVHS' requirements under the Medicare 
Modernization Act of 2004 to develop recommendations on standards 
for e-prescribing for the HHS Secretary. The hearings on the first 
two days will conclude testimonies from stakeholders including 
pharmacy benefit management organizations, pharmaceutical 
manufacturers, payers, and hospitals. On the third day the 
Subcommittee will begin working on identifying potential initial 
stnadards, gaps, and related issues.
    At the August 17-19 meeting, the Subcommittee will present its 
findings from the July hearings to standards development 
organizations, terminilogy developers, and others, for reaction and 
then draft a preliminary recommendation letter for possible 
presentation to the Full NCVHS in September.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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 
Medicare 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. Informaiton 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 21, 2004.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 04-17329 Filed 7-28-04; 8:45 am]
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