[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 207 (Monday, October 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67746-67747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23668]


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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.
    Dates and Times: Wednesday, November 18, 2020: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 
EST.
    Thursday, November 19, 2020: 11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. EST.
    Place: Virtual.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At the November 18-19, 2020, meeting, the Committee will 
receive briefings from HHS officials, hold discussions on several 
health data policy topics and discuss its work plan for the upcoming 
12-month period. The Committee will welcome four new members.
    The Subcommittee on Standards will provide an update on follow up 
work from its hearing held in August 2020 to solicit information about 
the costs and benefits of a new operating rule for connectivity and two 
operating rules for the prior authorization transaction proposed by the 
Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH), Committee on 
Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE). The Committee will 
also consider recommendations anticipated from the Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) Health 
Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC), Task Force on 
Intersection of Clinical and Administrative Data (ICAD), on which four 
NCVHS members have participated. The Committee will consider next steps 
for a project to identify and recommend a path toward convergence of 
administrative and

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clinical data in light of the Task Force recommendations. The Committee 
has invited a representative of the new Office of Burden Reduction and 
Health Informatics, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to 
provide an update on the work of the Office and the potential 
intersection with the NCVHS work plan.
    The Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security will 
provide an update on the September 14, 2020, hearing that focused on 
data collection and use during a public health emergency and identify 
next steps for development of guidelines for methods and approaches to 
collect, use, protect, and share data responsibly during a pandemic or 
long-term nationwide public health emergency.
    Members will consider major themes for the NCVHS 14th Report to 
Congress, which is planned for release in the first half of 2021. 
Members will consider and discuss priorities for Committee focus and 
revise the Committee work plan based on the two days of meeting 
proceedings.
    A public comment period will be offered on both days. Meeting times 
and topics are subject to change. Please refer to the agenda posted at 
the NCVHS website for any updates.
    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, or via electronic mail to [email protected]; or by telephone (301) 
458-4715. Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are 
available on the home page of the NCVHS website, https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/
, where further information including an agenda and instructions to 
access the broadcast of the meeting 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.

Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2020-23668 Filed 10-23-20; 8:45 am]
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