[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 46 (Friday, March 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13352-13353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04740]


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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 to be held virtually.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Full Committee Virtual Meeting.
    Dates and Times: Tuesday, April 18, 2017: 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 
(EDT).

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    Place: Teleconference--scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. Eastern 
Daylight Savings Time. To participate in the virtual meeting, please 
use the following URL http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/ that points to the 
NCVHS homepage. Further information and meeting agenda will be 
available on the NCVHS Web site including instructions for accessing 
the live meeting broadcast.
    Status: Open by teleconference. There will be an open comment 
period during the final 15 minutes of the virtual meeting.
    Purpose: The purpose of this NCVHS virtual meeting is to discuss 
and as appropriate take action on: (1) NCVHS 12th Report to Congress; 
(2) letter assessing HealthData.gov, its early successes and 
recommendations for maximizing its value; and (3) letter focused on 
opportunities and approaches that HHS could employ to improve state, 
county, and local health officials' ability to measure the health of 
their populations at the community-level. The Committee also will 
continue discussion in follow up to its June 2016 meeting on claims-
based databases for policy development and evaluation, including All-
Payer Claims Databases.
    Contact Person for more Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782, telephone (301) 458-4715. Summaries of meetings and a roster of 
Committee members are available on the NCVHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an agenda and 
instructions to access the audio broadcast of the meeting will be 
posted.

    Dated: March 2, 2017.
Laina Bush,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2017-04740 Filed 3-9-17; 8:45 am]
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