[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 231 (Thursday, December 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70146-70147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26553]


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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:
    December 8, 2004, 9 a.m.--5:30 p.m.
    December 9, 2004, 8:30 a.m.--6 p.m.
    December 10, 2004, 8:30 a.m.--12:15 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee on Standards and Security will meet on 
December 8-10. December 8 and 9 will be devoted to hearing testimony 
from various stakeholders in government and the industry about 
standards

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and issues related to the use of e-signatures and electronic 
prescribing. The morning of the 10th will focus on updates from the 
industry workgroups on the codified SIG, formulary and benefits 
standards, and the HL7/NCPDP harmonization, which will be followed 
by Subcommittee discussion.
    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 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, 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 posed when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contract the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: November 22, 2004.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 04-26553 Filed 12-01-04; 8:45 am]
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