[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 208 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66719-66720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27797]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting 
Standards Subcommittee

    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) 
Standards Subcommittee.
    Time and Date: November 17, 2011, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. November 18, 
2011, 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge Hotel, 1900 N. Fort 
Meyer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209, (703) 807-2000, http://www.hirosslyn.com.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this upcoming meeting of the 
Subcommittee on Standards is to: (1) Receive industry input on the 
provisions in Section 10109 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that 
stated that by January 2012, the NCVHS must make recommendations to 
the Secretary as to (i) whether there could be greater uniformity in 
financial and administrative activities and items; and (ii) whether 
such activities should be considered financial and administrative 
transactions for which the adoption of standards and operating rules 
would improve the operation of the health care system and reduce 
administrative costs; (2) begin discussions regarding the standard 
for electronic claims attachments, another standard that is to be 
adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Affordable Care Act along with operating 
rules; and (3) hear commentary and proposals pertaining to the 
maintenance and modification of standards and operating rules 
adopted under HIPAA and ACA. The Subcommittee will hear testimony 
with proposals and recommendations from individual, organizational 
and association subject matter experts. This meeting will be 
conducted jointly with members of the HIT Standards and Policy 
Committees.
    The NCVHS has been named in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 to review and make recommendations 
on several operating rules and standards related to HIPAA 
transactions. This meeting will support these activities in the 
development of a set of recommendations for the Secretary, as 
required by Sec.  1104 of the ACA. Text of the ACA can be found at 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/healthreform
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Lorraine Doo, lead staff for 
the Standards Subcommittee, NCVHS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, telephone (410) 786-6597 or 
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. 
Persons interested in providing oral or written testimony during the 
April 27th hearing should contact Lorraine Doo at 
[email protected].
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.


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    Dated: October 20, 2011.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
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