80 FR 68871 - National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 215 (November 6, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68871-68872]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28346]


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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

November 18, 2015 8:30 a.m.-5:40 p.m. EST
November 19, 2015 8:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EST

    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center 
for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Auditorium A and B, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. (301) 458-4524.
    Status: Open.

Purpose

    At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations and hold 
discussions on several health data policy topics. The

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Committee will hear updates from the Department, the Center for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Office of the National 
Coordinator focused on the Interoperability Roadmap. The Committee will 
review proceedings from the November 17, 2015, ``Workshop on Advancing 
Community-Level Core Measurement: Proposing a Roadmap for HHS'' held 
the day prior to the Committee meeting to determine next steps for the 
Population Health Subcommittee. In its designated role as the ACA 
Review Committee, the Standards Subcommittee will provide an update on 
preliminary findings and recommendations from the June 16-17, 2015 
hearing on the status of adoption and implementation of HIPAA standards 
and operating rules. The Committee will review its strategic plan for 
2016 and all Subcommittees will report on their workplans and next 
steps. In addition, the Committee will be briefed on and discuss the 
recent implementation of ICD-10. After the plenary session adjourns, 
the Working Group on HHS Data Access and Use will continue strategic 
discussions on building a framework for guiding principles for data 
access and use.
    The times shown above are for the Full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee issues will be included as part of the Full Committee 
schedule.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Rebecca Hines, Executive Secretary, 
NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 6316, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4715. Summaries of meetings and a 
roster of committee members are 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: October 28, 2015.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2015-28346 Filed 11-5-15; 8:45 am]
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