[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 20989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9084]
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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: April 27, 2011, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Place: Marriott Washington Hotel, 1221 22nd Street, NW (Between
M & N Sts), Washington, DC 20037, Phone: 202-872-1500, Fax: 202-872-
1424.
Status: Open.
Purpose: The purpose of this upcoming meeting of the
Subcommittee on Standards is to receive (1) industry input on the
acknowledgements transaction as a standard to be adopted under the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
and (2) commentary and proposals pertaining to the maintenance and
modification of standards and operating rules adopted under the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010. The
Subcommittee will hear testimony with proposals and recommendations
from individual, organizational and association subject matter
experts.
The NCVHS has been named in the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 to review and make recommendations
on several operating rules and standards related to HIPAA
transactions. This meeting will support these activities in the
development of a set of recommendations for the Secretary, as
required by Sec. 1104 of the ACA. Text of the ACA can be found at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/healthreform.
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.
Persons interested in providing oral or written testimony during the
April 27th hearing should contact Lorraine Doo at
[email protected].
Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336)
as soon as possible.
Dated: April 6, 2011.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Science and Data
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2011-9084 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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