National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Standards Subcommittee, 54470 [2013-21433]

Download as PDF 54470 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 4, 2013 / Notices before the close of the comment period are available for viewing by the public, including any personally identifiable or confidential business information that is included in a comment. Dated: August 28, 2013. Don Wright, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. [FR Doc. 2013–21434 Filed 9–3–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–32–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Standards Subcommittee tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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) Subcommittee on Standards Time and Date: September 18, 2013 8:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m. EDT. Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Auditorium B & C, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, (301) 458– 4524. Status: Open Purpose: The health care industry is experiencing major transformative changes as a result of the confluence of various national, regional and local initiatives, including: the Affordable Care Act, the adoption of electronic health records and the Meaningful Use program, implementation of national messaging and vocabulary standards for clinical exchanges, the establishment of regional health information exchanges, and adoption of new administrative standards, including new versions of HIPAA transactions, operating rules, ICD–10 and Health Plan ID. In light of these many pressing demands and requirements, the NCVHS Standards Sub-Committee is interested in developing a roadmap of key healthcare mandates and their impact on health IT standards that identify and map: (1) The various upcoming health care compliance requirements and deadlines that relate to health IT standards, in a multi-year timeline; (2) the milestones needed to successfully achieve these compliance requirements, including the development and testing of standards; (3) the underlying standards needed to achieve those milestones and requirements; (4) the interdependencies of the various compliance requirements, milestones and standards development processes; (5) the gaps, overlaps and issues with these requirements; and, (6) opportunities for better alignment, synergistic coordination, and most effective, appropriate sequencing of requirements, milestones and standards development. To discuss these issues, this meeting will bring together subject-matter experts and VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:51 Sep 03, 2013 Jkt 229001 representatives from various stakeholders to discuss questions related to each of the six items identified above in a facilitated exchange format. Topics to be covered include, but will not be limited to: (1) Administrative Transactions, Codes, Identifiers, and Operating Rules; (2) ACArelated health information exchange requirements; (3) Meaningful Use; (4) Quality and Patient Safety; and, (5) Privacy and Security. Contact Person for More Information: 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 or Denise Buenning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786–6711. 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: https://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: August 26, 2013. James Scanlon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 2013–21433 Filed 9–3–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151–05–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Full Committee 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: September 16, 2013 9:00 a.m.–2:45 p.m. EDT. September 17, 2013 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT. 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT, Working Group on Data Access and Use. Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 800, Washington, DC 20201. Status: Open. Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the morning of the first day, the Committee will hear updates from the Department (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Office of the National Coordinator PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 (ONC), and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The Committee will also review and discuss a recommendation letter from the Standards Subcommittee on the status of Implementation of HIPAA and the ACA. Following the lunch break, Subcommittee Co-chairs will update the Committee on the hearing organized by several subcommittees to explore aspects of the Community as a Learning Health System. Also, the Committee will review the proposed outline and plans for the upcoming HIPAA Report to Congress and the NCHS Acting Director will give an update on the Center. Finally, the Committee will receive a briefing about healthcare initiatives at the Federal Communications Commission. On the morning of the second day, the Committee will discuss and consider for approval a draft recommendation letter and hear from the Standards Subcommittee CoChairs about plans for the September 18 roundtable on a standards roadmap. In addition, the Committee chair will discuss elements of convergence, after which, an update will be given regarding HHS Data Working Group activities. Finally, co-chairs will give reports on plans, and the Committee chair will give final remarks and receive feedback from the membership regarding NCVHS strategic implementation. Once the full Committee adjourns, the NCVHS’s Working Group on HHS Data Access & Use will convene to discuss best practices and suggestions for release of open HHS data, and summarize future plans of the Working Group. Further information will be provided on the NCVHS Web site at https:// www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/. The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the afternoon on the first day and early morning the second day. Agendas for these breakout sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when available. Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program information may be obtained from 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. Summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members are available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: https://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: August 26, 2013. James Scanlon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 2013–21432 Filed 9–3–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151–05–P E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting 
Standards Subcommittee

    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) 
Subcommittee on Standards
    Time and Date: September 18, 2013 8:30 p.m.--5:00 p.m. EDT.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National 
Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Auditorium B & C, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, (301) 458-4524.
    Status: Open
    Purpose: The health care industry is experiencing major 
transformative changes as a result of the confluence of various 
national, regional and local initiatives, including: the Affordable 
Care Act, the adoption of electronic health records and the 
Meaningful Use program, implementation of national messaging and 
vocabulary standards for clinical exchanges, the establishment of 
regional health information exchanges, and adoption of new 
administrative standards, including new versions of HIPAA 
transactions, operating rules, ICD-10 and Health Plan ID. In light 
of these many pressing demands and requirements, the NCVHS Standards 
Sub-Committee is interested in developing a roadmap of key 
healthcare mandates and their impact on health IT standards that 
identify and map: (1) The various upcoming health care compliance 
requirements and deadlines that relate to health IT standards, in a 
multi-year timeline; (2) the milestones needed to successfully 
achieve these compliance requirements, including the development and 
testing of standards; (3) the underlying standards needed to achieve 
those milestones and requirements; (4) the interdependencies of the 
various compliance requirements, milestones and standards 
development processes; (5) the gaps, overlaps and issues with these 
requirements; and, (6) opportunities for better alignment, 
synergistic coordination, and most effective, appropriate sequencing 
of requirements, milestones and standards development.
    To discuss these issues, this meeting will bring together 
subject-matter experts and representatives from various stakeholders 
to discuss questions related to each of the six items identified 
above in a facilitated exchange format. Topics to be covered 
include, but will not be limited to: (1) Administrative 
Transactions, Codes, Identifiers, and Operating Rules; (2) ACA-
related health information exchange requirements; (3) Meaningful 
Use; (4) Quality and Patient Safety; and, (5) Privacy and Security.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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 or 
Denise Buenning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office 
of E-Health Standards and Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786-6711. 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: https://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: August 26, 2013.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2013-21433 Filed 9-3-13; 8:45 am]
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