[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4696-4697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1654]


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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: February 9, 2011, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. February 10, 
2011, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006, 
(202) 638-2626.
    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. A discussion of a letter to the HHS Secretary 
regarding quality measures and a letter to the Secretary regarding 
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) operating rules and remittance will 
also take place. In the afternoon there will be a discussion of the 
Community Health Data Initiative.
    On the morning of the second day there will be a review of the 
final letters regarding quality measures, and EFT operating rules and 
remittance. There will also be a discussion regarding bridging 
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine--Clinical Terms (SNOWMED CT) and 
international classifications and the IOM Report Digital Infrastructure 
for the Learning Health System: The Foundation for Continuous 
Improvement in Health and Health Care. Subcommittees will also present 
their reports.

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    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 website (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: January 20, 2011.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2011-1654 Filed 1-25-11; 8:45 am]
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