National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting, 28496-28497 [2017-13023]

Download as PDF 28496 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 119 / Thursday, June 22, 2017 / Notices Dated: June 14, 2017. Anna K. Abram, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis. [FR Doc. 2017–12641 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4164–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Information Collection Request Title: Rural Health Network Development Planning Performance Improvement and Measurement System Database, OMB No. 0915–0384—Extension Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. 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Abstract: The purpose of the Rural Health Network Development Planning (Network Planning) program is to assist in the development of an integrated health care network, specifically for entities that do not have a history of formal collaborative efforts. Health care networks can be an effective approach to help smaller rural health care providers and health care service organizations align resources, achieve economies of scale and efficiency, and address challenges more effectively as a group than as single providers. The Network Planning program promotes the planning and development of healthcare networks to: (1) Achieve efficiencies; (2) expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of essential health care services; and (3) Number of respondents Form name Number of responses per respondent strengthen the rural health care system as a whole. Need and Proposed Use of the Information: Performance measures for the Network Planning program serve the purpose of quantifying awardee-level data that conveys the successes and challenges associated with the grant award. These measures and aggregate data substantiate and inform the objectives of the program. The approved measures encompass the following principal topic areas: network infrastructure, network collaboration, sustainability, and network assessment. Likely Respondents: The respondents for these measures are Network Planning award recipients. Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the information requested. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The total annual burden hours, which are unchanged from the currently approved form, are summarized in the table below. Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours: Total responses Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden hours Rural Health Network Development Planning Program Performance Improvement Measurement System .......... 21 1 21 1 21 Total .............................................................................. 21 ........................ 21 ........................ 21 Jason E. Bennett, Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2017–13019 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am] sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 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) VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:08 Jun 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 announces the following special workgroup activity. Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Standards Meeting. Date and Time: Monday, August 21, 2017: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 800, Washington, DC 20201, (202) 690–7100. Status: Open. Purpose: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the advisory body to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary on health data, statistics, privacy, and national health information policy. NCVHS’ role includes advising HHS in the implementation of the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). The Standards Subcommittee of NCVHS makes recommendations to the full Committee on health data standards, including E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 119 / Thursday, June 22, 2017 / Notices implementation of the Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA and ACA. The purpose of this meeting is for the Standards Subcommittee to gain a clear understanding of the current update and adoption process for standards and operating rules for electronic administrative transactions (e.g. claims, eligibility, electronic funds transfer) with invited representatives of the Standards Development Organizations: X12, HL7, NCPDP 1 and NACHA,2 the Operating Rule Authoring Entity, CAQH CORE,3 and Health and Human Services (HHS). The objectives of convening this workgroup specifically are to: (1) Gain a clear understanding of the procedures and processes each organization follows to update the standards and operating rules; (2) understand challenges with the current update and adoption process; (3) understand what options are available through the regulatory process for a more predictable schedule for the adoption of updated standards and operating rules; and (4) obtain recommendations for improvements to the update and adoption process. The findings will be used to inform development of a future NCVHS hearing to gather additional input from HIPAAcovered entities and their business associates for the purpose of making recommendations to the Secretary of HHS. There will be time at the end of the day for public comment. 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, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458–4715. Information pertaining to meeting content may be obtained from Lorraine Doo, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Division of National Standards, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786–6597. 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. 1 National Council on Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP). 2 National Automated Clearinghouse Association (NACHA). 3 Coalition for Affordable and Quality Health Care, Committee for Operating Rules for Information Exchange. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:08 Jun 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 Dated: June 15, 2017. Laina Bush, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 2017–13023 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151–05–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of the following meetings. The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Nephrology Small Business. Date: July 18–19, 2017. Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. Contact Person: Atul Sahai, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 2188, MSC 7818, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 1198, sahaia@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small Business Hematology. Date: July 18–19, 2017. Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Bukhtiar H Shah, DVM, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4120, MSC 7802, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–806– 7314, shahb@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflict: Immune Mechanism. Date: July 18, 2017. Time: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28497 Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Scott Jakes, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4198, MSC 7812, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–495– 1506, jakesse@mail.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflicts: Asthma, Host Defense, and Cystic Fibrosis. Date: July 19–20, 2017. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Ghenima Dirami, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4122, MSC 7814, Bethesda, MD 20892, 240–498– 7546, diramig@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; RFA–RM– 17–003: SPARC Foundational Peripheral Neuroanatomy and Functional Neurobiology. Date: July 19, 2017. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. Contact Person: Robert C Elliott, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3130, MSC 7850, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 3009, elliotro@csr.nih.gov. Date: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflict: Neuropathologies of Brain Viral Infection, Degeneration, and Glioma. Date: July 19, 2017. Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Wei-Qin Zhao, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5181, MSC 7846, Bethesda, MD 20892–7846, 301– 827–7238, zhaow@csr.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Endocrine and Reproductive Biology. Date: July 19, 2017. Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Virtual Meeting). Contact Person: Gregory S Shelness, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6156, Bethesda, MD 20892–7892, (301) 435–0492, shelnessgs@csr.nih.gov. E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28496-28497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13023]


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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 special 
workgroup activity.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Standards Meeting.
    Date and Time: Monday, August 21, 2017: 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 800, Washington, 
DC 20201, (202) 690-7100.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 
(NCVHS) is the advisory body to the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) Secretary on health data, statistics, privacy, and 
national health information policy. NCVHS' role includes advising HHS 
in the implementation of the Administrative Simplification provisions 
of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(HIPAA) and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 
(ACA). The Standards Subcommittee of NCVHS makes recommendations to the 
full Committee on health data standards, including

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implementation of the Administrative Simplification provisions of HIPAA 
and ACA.
    The purpose of this meeting is for the Standards Subcommittee to 
gain a clear understanding of the current update and adoption process 
for standards and operating rules for electronic administrative 
transactions (e.g. claims, eligibility, electronic funds transfer) with 
invited representatives of the Standards Development Organizations: 
X12, HL7, NCPDP \1\ and NACHA,\2\ the Operating Rule Authoring Entity, 
CAQH CORE,\3\ and Health and Human Services (HHS). The objectives of 
convening this workgroup specifically are to: (1) Gain a clear 
understanding of the procedures and processes each organization follows 
to update the standards and operating rules; (2) understand challenges 
with the current update and adoption process; (3) understand what 
options are available through the regulatory process for a more 
predictable schedule for the adoption of updated standards and 
operating rules; and (4) obtain recommendations for improvements to the 
update and adoption process. The findings will be used to inform 
development of a future NCVHS hearing to gather additional input from 
HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates for the purpose of 
making recommendations to the Secretary of HHS. There will be time at 
the end of the day for public comment.
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    \1\ National Council on Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP).
    \2\ National Automated Clearinghouse Association (NACHA).
    \3\ Coalition for Affordable and Quality Health Care, Committee 
for Operating Rules for Information Exchange.
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    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, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, 
telephone (301) 458-4715. Information pertaining to meeting content may 
be obtained from Lorraine Doo, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services, Division of National Standards, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland, 21244, telephone (410) 786-6597. 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: June 15, 2017.
Laina Bush,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2017-13023 Filed 6-21-17; 8:45 am]
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