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1These certification criteria are: § 170.314(a)(18), 

(a)(19), (a)(20), (b)(9), (f)(7), (g)(1), (g)(3), (h)(1), 

(h)(2), and (h)(3). 

Community Data Engagement. The Working 

Group on HHS Data Access and Use will 

continue strategic discussions on Building a 

Framework for Guiding Principles for Data 

Access and Use. 

The times shown above are for the full 

Committee meeting. Subcommittee issues 

will be included as part of the Full 

Committee schedule. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Substantive program information may be 

obtained from Debbie M. Jackson, Acting 

Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center 

for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, 

Room 2339, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, 

telephone (301) 458–4614. Summaries of 

meetings and a roster of committee members 

are available on the NCVHS home page of the 

HHS Web site: http://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: January 22, 2015. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (Science and Data Policy), Office 

of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

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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: February 26, 2015, 8:30 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST 

Place: U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, National Center for Health 

Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Auditorium A 

and B, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, (301) 

458–4524. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: The purpose of this hearing is to 

review and discuss the current status of 

selected administrative simplification topics 

of interest to the National Committee on Vital 

and Health Statistics. 

The objectives of this hearing will be to (1) 

review, discuss and consider for 

recommendations the operating rules 

presented for adoption for four HIPAA 

transactions—Health Care Claims, 

Enrollment/Disenrollment, Premium 

Payment, and Prior Authorization; and (2) 

discuss and consider suggestions of the 

Review Committee evaluation criteria for 

existing standards, code sets, identifiers, and 

operating rules. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Debbie M. Jackson, Acting Executive 

Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for 

Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 

2339, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 

(301) 458–4614 or Terri Deutsch, Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of EHealth Standards and Services, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244, 

telephone (410) 786–9462. 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: 

http://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: January 22, 2015. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation (Science and Data Policy), Office 

of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notice of Availability: Test Tools and 

Test Procedures Approved by the 

National Coordinator for the ONC HIT 

Certification Program 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (ONC), Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of test tools and test 

procedures approved by the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (the National Coordinator) 

for the testing of EHR technology to the 

2014 Edition Release 2 EHR certification 

criteria under the ONC HIT Certification 

Program. The approved test tools and 

test procedures are identified on the 

ONC Web site at: http://healthit.gov/

policy-researchers-implementers/

testing-and-test-methods. The test tools 

and test procedures for the ‘‘optional— 

transitions of care’’ certification 

criterion (§ 170.314(b)(8)) and the 

optional testing and certification for the 

‘‘view, download, and transmit to 3rd 

party’’ certification criterion 

(§ 170.314(e)(1)) have not yet been 

approved. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Morton, Director, Office of 

Certification, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, 202–549–7851. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 7, 2011, the Department of 

Health and Human Services issued a 

final rule establishing a permanent 

certification program for the purposes of 

testing and certifying health information 

technology (‘‘Establishment of the 

Permanent Certification Program for 

Health Information Technology,’’ 76 FR 

1262) (Permanent Certification Program 

final rule). The permanent certification 

program was renamed the ‘‘ONC HIT 

Certification Program’’ in a final rule 

published on September 4, 2012 (77 FR 

54163) (‘‘2014 Edition EHR Certification 

Criteria final rule’’). In the preamble of 

the Permanent Certification Program 

final rule, we stated that when the 

National Coordinator had approved test 

tools and test procedures for 

certification criteria adopted by the 

Secretary ONC would publish a notice 

of availability in the Federal Register 

and identify the approved test tools and 

test procedures on the ONC Web site. 

In the 2014 Edition Release 2 EHR 

Certification Criteria final rule the 

Secretary adopted additional and 

revised certification criteria as part of 

the 2014 Edition EHR certification 

criteria (79 FR 54430). The National 

Coordinator has approved test tools and 

test procedures for testing EHR 

technology to most of these additional 

and revised certification criteria under 

the ONC HIT Certification Program.1

These approved test tools and test 

procedures are identified on the ONC 

Web site at: http://healthit.gov/policyresearchers-implementers/testing-andtest-methods. The test tools and test 

procedures for the ‘‘optional— 

transitions of care’’ certification 

criterion (§ 170.314(b)(8)) and the 

optional testing and certification for the 

‘‘view, download, and transmit to 3rd 

party’’ certification criterion 

(§ 170.314(e)(1)) have not yet been 

approved. Draft test procedures for 

§ 170.314(b)(8) and the optional testing 

and certification for § 170.314(e)(1) are 

available on the Web site listed above. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11. 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Lisa Lewis, 

Acting National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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