[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 5413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02067]


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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) 
Subcommittee on Standards.
    Time and Date: February 19, 2014 9:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EST.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building; 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201. Public attendees should call (202) 
690-7100 for admission to the meeting room on the day of the 
meeting.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this hearing is to gather industry input 
on the status of selected administrative simplification topics that 
are a priority for 2014, including the status of development of 
Operating Rules for all remaining HIPAA transactions (Claims, 
Enrollment, Premium Payment, Prior Authorization, Claims 
Attachments). The meeting will also include a discussion of: the 
status of initial implementation of Operating Rules for Electronic 
Funds Transfer and Electronic Remittance Advice, which began January 
1, 2014; the ICD-10 transition, in particular, the use of ICD-10 by 
property/casualty and workers' compensation programs; plans for 
adoption and use of Health Plan ID; and a review of recommendations 
from the Designated Standards Maintenance Organizations (DSMO) 
regarding the Pharmacy Prior Authorization Standard.
    Contact Person For More Information: Debbie M. Jackson, Acting 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2339 Toledo Road, Room 
2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4614 or 
Kamahanahokulani Farrar, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786-6711. Program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members are 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: January 24, 2014.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (Science and 
Data Policy), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2014-02067 Filed 1-30-14; 8:45 am]
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