80 FR 28629 - National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 96 (May 19, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 28629]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12106]


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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) 
Review Committee, pursuant to Section 1104(i) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
    Time and Date: June 16, 2015, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST; June 17, 
2015, 8:00 a.m.-5:15 p.m. EST.
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health 
Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Auditorium B and C, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782, (301) 458-4524.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this hearing is to obtain information 
from the health care industry on the currently adopted standards, 
operating rules, code sets and identifiers used in administrative 
simplification transactions.
    The objectives of this hearing are as follows: (1) Review 
currently adopted standards, operating rules, code sets and 
identifiers used in each of the HIPAA-named administrative 
simplification transactions and evaluate the degree to which they 
meet current industry business needs; and (2) Identify transactions, 
standards, operating rules, code sets and identifiers used in 
administrative simplification that require changes, deletions or new 
versions in order to meet industry needs.
    We invite the public to prepare and submit written testimony on 
any and all areas covered by this hearing. We also invite testifiers 
to prepare and submit more extensive written testimony, in addition 
to the oral testimony they will be providing during the hearing. 
Written testimonies should be sent to Marietta Squire, Committee 
Management Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
National Center for Health Statistics, email [email protected].
    Background on the Review Committee, including the Review 
Committee's Charter can be accessed at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/subcommittees-work-groups/subcommittee-on-standards/review-committee/.
    Contact Person for More Information: Debbie M. Jackson, Acting 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
2339, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4614 or Terri 
Deutsch, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of E-
Health Standards and Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21244, telephone (410) 786-9462. Program information as 
well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members are 
available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: http://ncvhs.us/, 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: May 13, 2015.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Science and Data 
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2015-12106 Filed 5-18-15; 8:45 am]
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