[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 56 (Thursday, March 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5791]


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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: April 6, 2005, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; April 7, 2005 8:30 
a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on HIPAA implementation, with 
testimony from providers, payers, and others concerning the ``return on 
investment'' from HIPAA implementation to date. The Subcommittee also 
will review next steps needed to develop input to various NCVHS 
reports, such as the Committee's annual report to Congress.

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, MD 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: March 16, 2005.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 05-5791 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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