[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21516]


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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.
    Time and Date: September 15, 2010 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; September 16, 
2010 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Place: Embassy Suites Crystal City Hotel, 1300 Jefferson Davis 
Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 979-9799.
    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, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the 
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology. Draft letters to the HHS Secretary regarding the HIPAA 
national health plan identifier and operating rules on eligibility 
and claim status will also be discussed. In the afternoon there will 
be a discussion about a letter to the HHS Secretary regarding 
sensitive information in medical records.
    On the morning of the second day there will be a review of the 
final letters regarding the national health plan identifier, 
operating rules on eligibility and claim status, and sensitive 
information in medical records. Subcommittees will also present 
their reports. The afternoon of the second day will conclude with a 
discussion of the 60th Anniversary Symposium that was held in June 
2010.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions can be scheduled for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and second day and in the morning prior 
to the full Committee meeting on 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 as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members 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. 
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: August 24, 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. 2010-21516 Filed 8-27-10; 8:45 am]
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