82 FR 22670 - National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 94 (May 17, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 22670]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09982]


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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.
    Dates and Times: Wednesday, June 21, 2017: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
    Thursday, June 22, 2017: 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 705A, Washington, 
DC 20201, (202) 690-7100.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At the June 21-22, 2017 meeting, the Committee will hear 
presentations, hold discussions on several health data policy topics, 
and receive updates from HHS, the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health IT, the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, the 
National Library of Medicine, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services. On the first day, the Committee will focus on two items 
anticipated for action: A recommendation letter that addresses the 
Health Plan Identifier in follow up to the May 3, 2017 HPID Hearing, 
and follow up on the NCVHS June 2016 Hearing on claims-based databases 
for policy development and evaluation. The Committee will review status 
reports on various NCVHS products; an upcoming hearing on the next 
generation of vital statistics; and the Predictability Roadmap under 
development by the Standards Subcommittee. Significant time will be 
devoted to discussion and formulation of two new complex long-term 
project topics--an environmental scan of terminology & vocabulary 
development, maintenance and dissemination processes on the first day; 
on the second day, building on past work, exploration of a range of 
challenges beyond HIPAA and the range of policy options that may be 
available to the Department related to privacy, security and access 
measures to protect individually identifiable health information in an 
environment of electronic networking and multiple uses of data. In 
addition, the Committee will continue to focus on planning efforts and 
follow-up items on actions from the previous day.
    The times and topics are subject to change. Please refer to the 
posted agenda for any updates.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782, telephone (301) 458-4715. Summaries of meetings and a roster of 
Committee members are available on the home page of the NCVHS Web site: 
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an 
agenda and instructions to access the audio broadcast of the meetings 
will also be posted. Should you require reasonable accommodation, 
please contact the CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 
488-3210 as soon as possible.

    Dated: May 9, 2017.
Laina Bush,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2017-09982 Filed 5-16-17; 8:45 am]
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