[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 247 (Thursday, December 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66718-66719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-28106]


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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, February 6, 2019: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; 
Thursday, February 7, 2019: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Rm. 505A, Washington, DC 
20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At the February 6-7, 2019 meeting, the Committee will 
deliberate draft recommendations for the HHS Secretary, move forward on 
activities outlined in the NCVHS 2019 workplan, and hold discussions on 
several health data policy topics. Anticipated action items during this 
meeting include: (1) A letter to the Secretary regarding 
recommendations for revisions to principles for adoption of health 
terminology and vocabulary standards and new principles for curation 
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update of already adopted standards in follow up to the July 2018 
meeting on Health Terminologies and Vocabularies; and (2) draft of the 
NCVHS Thirteenth Report to Congress focused on actions that Congress 
might take in coordination with the executive branch and the industry 
to improve administrative simplification and reductions in burden for 
stakeholders involved in producing and using health data. In addition, 
the Committee will review proceedings from the December 2018 hearing on 
the Predictability Roadmap to identify recommendations for approaches 
to improve predictability and timeliness of the adoption and 
implementation processes related to updating standards and operating 
rules adopted under the authority of the Health Insurance Portability 
and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
    The Privacy, Confidentiality and Security Subcommittee will provide 
an update on plans for a hearing in March 2019 focused on health 
information privacy and security beyond HIPAA. The Subcommittee on 
Population Health will discuss several topics including: Follow up with 
the Institute for Healthcare Improvement/100 Million Healthier Lives on 
the public-private partnership to achieve implementation of the NCVHS 
Measurement Framework for Community Health and Well-being; the federal 
role in supporting state, local and community measurement as it relates 
to Healthy People 2030; and the essential role of vital registration 
data and statistics in measuring, monitoring and understanding health 
at the community level.
    The Committee will further refine its 2019 workplan and discuss 
activities of mutual significance with the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information and Technology (ONC).
    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 website: 
www.ncvhs.hhs.gov, where further information including an agenda and 
instructions to access the broadcast of the meeting 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: December 18, 2018.
Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2018-28106 Filed 12-26-18; 8:45 am]
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