[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58023-58024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27023]


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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), 
Full Committee Meeting.
    Time and Date:
     November 19, 2009 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
     November 20, 2009 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Place: National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, 
Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: 301 458-4200.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
morning of the first day, the Committee will hear updates from the 
Department, the HHS Data Council, and the Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services. A discussion of the Meaningful Measures letter 
action item led by the Quality Subcommittee will also take place. 
There will also be a briefing on the Department's work on 
comparative effectiveness research under the Recovery Act. In the 
afternoon, a discussion is scheduled regarding enhancing health 
information capacity in the 21st century.
    On the morning of the second day, an action item is scheduled on 
the Meaningful Measures letter. Updates are planned from the Office 
of the National Coordinator (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights 
(OCR), and a review of a draft of the biannual report to Congress on 
the implementation of the Administrative Simplification Provisions 
of HIPAA. Also scheduled are an update from NCHS Board of Scientific 
Counselors and a status report regarding the NVCHS 60th Anniversary 
Symposium.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions can be scheduled for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and second day and in the morning prior 
to the full Committee

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meeting on the second day. Agendas for these breakout sessions will 
be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when available.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
2402, 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 further information including 
an agenda 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: November 2, 2009.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. E9-27023 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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