[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 24207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9614]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Teleconference

    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 Teleconference.
    Time and Date: 10 a.m.-11 a.m. (EST); May 4, 2012.
    Place: This conference call is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. 
Eastern Daylight Time. To participate in the teleconference, please 
dial 888-989-6416 and enter conference code 3278627, which will 
connect you to the call.
    Status: Open, however teleconference access limited only by 
availability of telephone ports.
    Purpose: The NCVHS has been named in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 to review and make recommendations 
on standards and operating rules for the following HIPAA 
transactions: Health care claims, enrollment/disenrollment, premium 
payment, prior authorization for referrals, and claim attachments 
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.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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 or 
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. Program information as well as 
summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members 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: April 16, 2012.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2012-9614 Filed 4-20-12; 8:45 am]
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