81_FR_6046 81 FR 6023 - Health IT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting

81 FR 6023 - Health IT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 23 (February 4, 2016)

Page Range6023-6023
FR Document2016-02117

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 6023]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02117]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Health IT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    This notice announces dates for meetings of a public advisory 
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology (ONC). These meeting will be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: Health IT Standards Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to 
the National Coordinator on standards, implementation specifications, 
and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of 
health information for purposes of adoption, consistent with the 
implementation of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 
accordance with policies developed by the Health IT Policy Committee.

2016 Meeting Dates and Times

 January 20, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 February 24, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 March 9, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 April 19, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 May 4, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 June 8, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 July 13, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 August 10, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 September 14, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 October 6, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 November 2, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time
 December 7, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time

    For meeting locations, Web conference information, and the most up-
to-date information, please visit the calendar on the ONC Web site, 
http://www.healthit.gov/FACAS/calendar.
    Contact Person: Michelle Consolazio, email: 
[email protected]. Please email Michelle Consolazio for the 
most current information about meetings. A notice in the Federal 
Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously 
announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly 
enough to provide timely notice.
    Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups/task 
forces and updates from ONC and other federal agencies. ONC intends to 
make background material available to the public no later than 24 hours 
prior to the meeting start time. Material will be posted on ONC's Web 
site after the meeting, at http://www.healthit.gov/facas/health-it-standards-committee.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the Committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person prior to the 
meeting date. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled prior to 
the lunch break and at the conclusion of each meeting. Time allotted 
for each presentation will be limited to three minutes. If the number 
of speakers requesting to comment is greater than can be reasonably 
accommodated during the scheduled open public session, ONC will take 
written comments after the meeting.
    Persons attending ONC's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the agency is not responsible for providing wireless access or 
access to electrical outlets.
    ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will make every 
effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special 
needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, 
please contact Michelle Consolazio at least seven (7) days in advance 
of the meeting.
    ONC is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee 
meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov for 
procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

    Dated: January 8, 2016.
Michelle Consolazio,
 FACA Program Director, Office of Policy, Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-02117 Filed 2-3-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 23 / Thursday, February 4, 2016 / Notices 6023 Coordinator for Health Information • April 19, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 effort to accommodate persons with Technology (National Coordinator) had p.m./Eastern Time physical disabilities or special needs. If approved test tools and test procedures • May 4, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 you require special accommodations for certification criteria adopted by the p.m./Eastern Time due to a disability, please contact Secretary, that ONC would publish a • June 8, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 Michelle Consolazio at least seven (7) notice of availability in the Federal p.m./Eastern Time days in advance of the meeting. Register and identify the approved test • July 13, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 ONC is committed to the orderly tools and test procedures on the ONC p.m./Eastern Time conduct of its advisory committee Web site. • August 10, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to meetings. Please visit our Web site at In the 2015 Edition final rule, the 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures Secretary adopted a new edition of • September 14, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to on public conduct during advisory certification criteria (‘‘2015 Edition’’). 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time committee meetings. The National Coordinator has approved • October 6, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 Notice of this meeting is given under test tools and test procedures for testing p.m./Eastern Time the Federal Advisory Committee Act Health IT Modules to the 2015 Edition • November 2, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). under the ONC Health IT Certification 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time Dated: January 8, 2016. Program. These approved test tools and • December 7, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to Michelle Consolazio, test procedures are identified on the 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time FACA Program Director, Office of Policy, ONC Web site at: https:// For meeting locations, Web Office of the National Coordinator for Health www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers- conference information, and the most Information Technology. implementers/2015-edition-test-method. up-to-date information, please visit the [FR Doc. 2016–02117 Filed 2–3–16; 8:45 am] Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11. calendar on the ONC Web site, http:// BILLING CODE 4150–45–P Dated: January 29, 2016. www.healthit.gov/FACAS/calendar. Contact Person: Michelle Consolazio, Karen B. DeSalvo, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND email: michelle.consolazio@hhs.gov. National Coordinator for Health Information Please email Michelle Consolazio for the HUMAN SERVICES Technology. most current information about [FR Doc. 2016–02057 Filed 2–3–16; 8:45 am] meetings. A notice in the Federal National Committee on Vital and Health BILLING CODE 4150–45–P Register about last minute modifications Statistics: Meeting Standards that impact a previously announced Subcommittee advisory committee meeting cannot Pursuant to the Federal Advisory DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND always be published quickly enough to HUMAN SERVICES Committee Act, the Department of provide timely notice. Health and Human Services (HHS) Health IT Standards Committee Agenda: The committee will hear announces the following advisory Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting reports from its workgroups/task forces committee meeting. and updates from ONC and other federal Name: National Committee on Vital and AGENCY: Office of the National agencies. ONC intends to make Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Coordinator for Health Information background material available to the Standards Meeting. Technology, HHS. public no later than 24 hours prior to Time and Date: ACTION: Notice of meeting. the meeting start time. Material will be February 16, 2016 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST. posted on ONC’s Web site after the Place: U.S. Department of Health and This notice announces dates for meeting, at http://www.healthit.gov/ Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey meetings of a public advisory committee facas/health-it-standards-committee. Building, Room 705–A, 200 Independence of the Office of the National Coordinator Procedure: Interested persons may Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024, (202) for Health Information Technology present data, information, or views, 690–7100. Status: Open. (ONC). These meeting will be open to orally or in writing, on issues pending Purpose: At this meeting the Subcommittee the public. before the Committee. Written will gather industry input regarding (1) the Name of Committee: Health IT submissions may be made to the contact proposed Phase IV Operating Rules for Standards Committee. person prior to the meeting date. Oral selected HIPAA Transactions (enrollment/ General Function of the Committee: comments from the public will be disenrollment, premium payment, health To provide recommendations to the scheduled prior to the lunch break and care claims and prior authorization); and (2) National Coordinator on standards, at the conclusion of each meeting. Time the proposed Claim Attachment standards implementation specifications, and allotted for each presentation will be and code sets. These two areas of limited to three minutes. If the number consideration will be used when making certification criteria for the electronic recommendations for adoption to the exchange and use of health information of speakers requesting to comment is Secretary of HHS. for purposes of adoption, consistent greater than can be reasonably Contact Person for More Information: with the implementation of the Federal accommodated during the scheduled Substantive program information may be Health IT Strategic Plan, and in open public session, ONC will take obtained from Rebecca Hines, Executive accordance with policies developed by written comments after the meeting. Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for the Health IT Policy Committee. Persons attending ONC’s advisory Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES committee meetings are advised that the and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, 2016 Meeting Dates and Times Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) agency is not responsible for providing • January 20, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to wireless access or access to electrical 458–4715. Information pertaining to meeting content may be obtained from Terri Deutsch, 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time outlets. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, • February 24, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to ONC welcomes the attendance of the Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time public at its advisory committee 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, • March 9, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 meetings. 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ActionNotice of meeting.
FR Citation81 FR 6023 
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