[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28496-28497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13023]


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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 special 
workgroup activity.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Standards Meeting.
    Date and Time: Monday, August 21, 2017: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
    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.
    Purpose: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 
(NCVHS) is the advisory body to the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) Secretary on health data, statistics, privacy, and 
national health information policy. NCVHS' role includes advising HHS 
in the implementation of the Administrative Simplification provisions 
of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(HIPAA) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 
(ACA). The Standards Subcommittee of NCVHS makes recommendations to the 
full Committee on health data standards, including

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implementation of the Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA 
and ACA.
    The purpose of this meeting is for the Standards Subcommittee to 
gain a clear understanding of the current update and adoption process 
for standards and operating rules for electronic administrative 
transactions (e.g. claims, eligibility, electronic funds transfer) with 
invited representatives of the Standards Development Organizations: 
X12, HL7, NCPDP \1\ and NACHA,\2\ the Operating Rule Authoring Entity, 
CAQH CORE,\3\ and Health and Human Services (HHS). The objectives of 
convening this workgroup specifically are to: (1) Gain a clear 
understanding of the procedures and processes each organization follows 
to update the standards and operating rules; (2) understand challenges 
with the current update and adoption process; (3) understand what 
options are available through the regulatory process for a more 
predictable schedule for the adoption of updated standards and 
operating rules; and (4) obtain recommendations for improvements to the 
update and adoption process. The findings will be used to inform 
development of a future NCVHS hearing to gather additional input from 
HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates for the purpose of 
making recommendations to the Secretary of HHS. There will be time at 
the end of the day for public comment.
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    \1\ National Council on Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP).
    \2\ National Automated Clearinghouse Association (NACHA).
    \3\ Coalition for Affordable and Quality Health Care, Committee 
for Operating Rules for Information Exchange.
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    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Rebecca Hines, 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, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services, Division of National Standards, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786-6597. 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: June 15, 2017.
Laina Bush,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2017-13023 Filed 6-21-17; 8:45 am]
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