[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 39531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16729]


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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.
    Time and Date: July 19, 2010 9 a.m.-5 p.m. July 20, 2010 8:30 
a.m.-5 p.m. July 21, 2010 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (committee discussion)
    Place: Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1001 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 682-0111.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this upcoming meeting of the 
Subcommittee on Standards is to receive industry input on a unique 
health plan identifier to be used in HIPAA standard transactions, 
and on new operating rules for standards, and their authoring 
organizations. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from 
individuals, organizations and associations on these matters. The 
subcommittee will meet for three consecutive days for which a 
variety of panels are scheduled; day one will focus on the unique 
health plan identifier, day two will concentrate on authoring 
organizations and operating rules for eligibility and health claim 
status, and day three of the meeting will be reserved for 
Subcommittee discussion and deliberation.
    The NCVHS has been named in the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 to review and make recommendations 
on several HIPAA standards and electronic transactions. This meeting 
will support these activities in the development of a set of 
recommendations for the Secretary, as required by section 1104 of 
the ACA. Text of the ACA can be found at http://dpc.senate.gov/dpcdoc-sen_health_care_bill.cfm.
    Contact Person For More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from 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 or 
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. Information also is 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 29, 2010.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Science and 
Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2010-16729 Filed 7-8-10; 8:45 am]
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