[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54469-54470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22340]


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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: September 21, 2011, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; September 
22, 2011, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20036, (202) 265-1600.
    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 Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the 
Office of the National Coordinator. In addition, there will be an 
update on the Committee's next HIPAA Report to Congress and a 
briefing on the Joint Population/Privacy Subcommittee Community 
Health Data Report, which includes a plan for an informational 
primer. In the afternoon, a discussion of three letters to the HHS 
Secretary is planned regarding (1) Standards and Operating Rules 
Development and Maintenance; (2) Status of implementation/transition 
to 5010/ICD-10; and (3) Adoption of electronic acknowledgement 
transaction standards.
    On the morning of the second day there will be a review of the 
final data standards letters along with initial plans for a 
Standards Primer on HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets. There will 
also be a briefing on the DHHS Action Plan for Eliminating Health 
Disparities. Subcommittees will also report on their strategic plans 
and next steps.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the 
afternoon on the first day and in the morning prior to the full 
Committee 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

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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: August 25, 2011.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2011-22340 Filed 8-31-11; 8:45 am]
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