[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55214-55215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22102]


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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 20, 2012 9 a.m.-3 p.m. EST
September 21, 2012 10 a.m.-1:50 p.m. EST

    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert 
Humphrey Building, Rm. 705-A, Washington, DC 20201.
    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 
(HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the 
Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). There will also be discussion 
of items for approval: (1) Report on Data Stewardship for Community 
Health Data; and after the lunch break, (2) recommendation letter

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on Code Sets, Operating Rules and Administrative Simplification. In 
addition, a status update will be given on NCVHS's Working Group on 
Data Access and Use; and the Committee will deliberate briefly on 
follow-up from the August 9th Executive Subcommittee Strategic Planning 
Session.
    The agenda for the morning of the second day will consist of a 
review of the final action items discussed on the first day; and 
reports from the Subcommittees. After lunch, the Committee will be 
briefed on de-identification methods for Open Health data. Once the 
full Committee adjourns, NCVHS's Working Group on Data Access and Use 
will convene to discuss anticipated work products and logistical plans. 
Further information will be provided on the NCVHS Web site at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/.
    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 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 29, 2012.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2012-22102 Filed 9-6-12; 8:45 am]
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