[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 4 (Monday, January 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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 27, 2013 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, 200 
Independence Ave, SW., Room 705-A, Washington, DC 20201, (202) 690-
7100.
    Status: Open
    Purpose: The purpose of the meeting is to learn about the current 
state of standards and operating rules for electronic claims 
attachments. In accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 
(ACA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must adopt a 
standard and operating rules for electronic claims attachments. The 
National Committee on Vital Health Statistics is the public advisory 
body to the Secretary of HHS and will make recommendations based on 
information gleaned at the hearing. The Sub-Committee is interested in 
evaluating the innovations underway in industry as the convergence 
occurs between the clinical and administrative information exchanges, 
and industry moves from a claim-centric, transaction-based 
administrative information infrastructure to quality-oriented and 
outcomes-based reporting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245 or Lorraine 
Doo, lead staff for the Standards Subcommittee, NCVHS, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of E-Health Standards and 
Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, 
telephone (410) 786-6597. 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: December 21, 2012.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2013-00011 Filed 1-4-13; 8:45 am]
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