[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 54470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21432]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Full
Committee
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.
Time and Date:
September 16, 2013 9:00 a.m.-2:45 p.m. EDT.
September 17, 2013 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT. 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
EDT, Working Group on Data Access and Use.
Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 800,
Washington, DC 20201.
Status: Open.
Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the
morning of the first day, the Committee will hear updates from the
Department (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS), the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), and the Office
for Civil Rights (OCR). The Committee will also review and discuss a
recommendation letter from the Standards Subcommittee on the status
of Implementation of HIPAA and the ACA.
Following the lunch break, Subcommittee Co-chairs will update
the Committee on the hearing organized by several subcommittees to
explore aspects of the Community as a Learning Health System. Also,
the Committee will review the proposed outline and plans for the
upcoming HIPAA Report to Congress and the NCHS Acting Director will
give an update on the Center. Finally, the Committee will receive a
briefing about healthcare initiatives at the Federal Communications
Commission.
On the morning of the second day, the Committee will discuss and
consider for approval a draft recommendation letter and hear from
the Standards Subcommittee Co-Chairs about plans for the September
18 roundtable on a standards roadmap. In addition, the Committee
chair will discuss elements of convergence, after which, an update
will be given regarding HHS Data Working Group activities. Finally,
co-chairs will give reports on plans, and the Committee chair will
give final remarks and receive feedback from the membership
regarding NCVHS strategic implementation. Once the full Committee
adjourns, the NCVHS's Working Group on HHS Data Access & Use will
convene to discuss best practices and suggestions for release of
open HHS data, and summarize future plans of the Working Group.
Further information will be provided on the NCVHS Web site at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/.
The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting.
Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the
afternoon on the first day and early morning the second day. Agendas
for these breakout sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site
(URL below) when available.
Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program
information may be obtained from 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. 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: August 26, 2013.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2013-21432 Filed 9-3-13; 8:45 am]
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