[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 17435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07194]


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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), 
Standards Subcommittee Meeting.
    Date and Times: Wednesday, May 3, 2017: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (EDT).
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 800, Washington, 
DC 20201, (202) 690-7100.
    Status: Open. There will be an open comment period during the final 
15 minutes of the Subcommittee meeting.
    Purpose:
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 
legislation from 1996, as amended, directed the Secretary of HHS to 
publish regulations implementing a unique health plan identifier (HPID) 
for health plans (covered entities under the law). In September 2012, 
HHS published a final rule requiring health plans to obtain a health 
plan identifier by November 2014. The regulation also permitted other 
entities to obtain an identifier on a voluntary basis. Any entity that 
obtained an identifier was to begin using it in HIPAA transactions by 
November 2015. Small health plans would begin using the identifier by 
November 2016.
    In February and June of 2014, NCVHS held meetings on the HPID final 
rule. Following both hearings, NCVHS sent letters to the HHS Secretary 
stating that the industry was confused about the HPID policy, 
terminology and the affected entities, and that reporting the HPID in 
health care transactions provided little benefit or value to the health 
care system. In October 2014, HHS announced an enforcement discretion 
period for the HPID rule, halting its implementation.
    The purpose of this NCVHS Standards Subcommittee meeting is to seek 
further input from the health care industry for disposition and next 
steps of the HPID.
    The times and topics are subject to change. Please refer to the 
posted agenda for any updates.
    Contact Persons 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. Information pertaining to meeting 
content may be obtained from Lorraine Doo, MSW, MPH, or Geanelle G. 
Herring, MSW, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of 
Information Technology, Division of National Standards, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, telephone (410) 786-4160. 
Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are available 
on the home page of the NCVHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, 
where further information including an agenda and instructions to 
access the audio broadcast of the meetings will also be posted.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 488-3210 as soon as 
possible.

    Date: April 4, 2017.
Laina Bush,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2017-07194 Filed 4-10-17; 8:45 am]
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