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Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology (National Coordinator) had 

approved test tools and test procedures 

for certification criteria adopted by the 

Secretary, that 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 2015 Edition final rule, the 

Secretary adopted a new edition of 

certification criteria (‘‘2015 Edition’’). 

The National Coordinator has approved 

test tools and test procedures for testing 

Health IT Modules to the 2015 Edition 

under the ONC Health IT Certification 

Program. These approved test tools and 

test procedures are identified on the 

ONC Web site at: https://

www.healthit.gov/policy-researchersimplementers/2015-edition-test-method. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj–11. 

Dated: January 29, 2016. 

Karen B. DeSalvo, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health IT Standards Committee 

Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces dates for 

meetings of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 

(ONC). These meeting will be open to 

the public. 

Name of Committee: Health IT 

Standards Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the Health IT Policy Committee. 

2016 Meeting Dates and Times 

• January 20, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• February 24, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• March 9, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• April 19, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• May 4, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• June 8, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• July 13, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• August 10, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• September 14, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• October 6, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• November 2, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• December 7, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

For meeting locations, Web 

conference information, and the most 

up-to-date information, please visit the 

calendar on the ONC Web site, http://

www.healthit.gov/FACAS/calendar. 

Contact Person: Michelle Consolazio, 

email: michelle.consolazio@hhs.gov. 

Please email Michelle Consolazio for the 

most current information about 

meetings. A notice in the Federal 

Register about last minute modifications 

that impact a previously announced 

advisory committee meeting cannot 

always be published quickly enough to 

provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The committee will hear 

reports from its workgroups/task forces 

and updates from ONC and other federal 

agencies. ONC intends to make 

background material available to the 

public no later than 24 hours prior to 

the meeting start time. Material will be 

posted on ONC’s Web site after the 

meeting, at http://www.healthit.gov/

facas/health-it-standards-committee. 

Procedure: Interested persons may 

present data, information, or views, 

orally or in writing, on issues pending 

before the Committee. Written 

submissions may be made to the contact 

person prior to the meeting date. Oral 

comments from the public will be 

scheduled prior to the lunch break and 

at the conclusion of each meeting. Time 

allotted for each presentation will be 

limited to three minutes. If the number 

of speakers requesting to comment is 

greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public session, ONC will take 

written comments after the meeting. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

wireless access or access to electrical 

outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings. Seating is limited at the 

location, and ONC will make every 

effort to accommodate persons with 

physical disabilities or special needs. If 

you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact 

Michelle Consolazio at least seven (7) 

days in advance of the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: January 8, 2016. 

Michelle Consolazio, 

FACA Program Director, Office of Policy, 

Office of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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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 Meeting. 

Time and Date: 

February 16, 2016 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST. 

Place: U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey 

Building, Room 705–A, 200 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024, (202) 

690–7100. 

Status: Open. 

Purpose: At this meeting the Subcommittee 

will gather industry input regarding (1) the 

proposed Phase IV Operating Rules for 

selected HIPAA Transactions (enrollment/

disenrollment, premium payment, health 

care claims and prior authorization); and (2) 

the proposed Claim Attachment standards 

and code sets. These two areas of 

consideration will be used when making 

recommendations for adoption to the 

Secretary of HHS. 

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 Terri Deutsch, 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 

Office of E-Health Standards and Services, 

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244, telephone (410) 786–9462. 

Summaries of meetings and a roster of 


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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 28, 2016. 

James Scanlon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and 

Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Planning and Evaluation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Physician-Focused 

Payment Model Technical Advisory 

Committee; Update 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Health and Human 

Services Department announces an 

update to the meeting address of the 

Physician-Focused Payment Model 

Technical Advisory Committee 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Committee’’) on Monday, February 1, 

2016. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, February 1, 2016, from 1:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 

(EST) and is open to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Room 505A of the Hubert Humphrey 

Federal Building, 200 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott R. Smith, Ph.D., Designated 

Federal Officer, at the Office of Health 

Policy, Assistant Secretary for Planning 

and Evaluation, U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services, 200 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20201, (202) 690–6870. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Update: The meeting location has 

changed. The new meeting location is 

Room 505A of the Hubert Humphrey 

Federal Building, 200 Independence 

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20201. 

Table of Contents 

I. Purpose 

II. Agenda 

III. Meeting Attendance 

IV. Security and Building Guidelines 

V. Special Accommodations 

VI. Copies of the Charter 

VII. Meeting Registration 

I. Purpose 

The Physician-Focused Payment 

Model Technical Advisory Committee 

(‘‘the Committee’’) is authorized by the 

Medicare Access and CHIP 

Reauthorization Act of 2015, 42 U.S.C 

1395ee. This Committee is governed by 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C 

App.), which sets forth standards for the 

formation and use of advisory 

committees. In accordance with its 

statutory mandate, the Committee is to 

review physician-focused payment 

model proposals and prepare 

recommendations regarding whether 

such models meet criteria that will be 

established through rulemaking by the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (DHHS) (the 

Secretary). The Committee is composed 

of 11 members appointed by the 

Comptroller General with staggering 

terms of 1, 2, and 3 years as specified 

in the authorizing legislation. 

II. Agenda 

The Committee will receive 

information about MACRA 

implementation and about payment 

models currently being tested by the 

Center for Medicare & Medicaid 

Innovation within the Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

III. Meeting Attendance 

The first meeting (February 1, 2016) is 

open to the public; however, attendance 

is limited to space available. Priority 

will be given to those who pre-register 

and attendance may be limited based on 

the number of registrants and the space 

available. 

Persons wishing to attend this 

meeting, which is located on federal 

property, must register by following the 

instructions in the ‘‘Meeting 

Registration’’ section of this notice. A 

confirmation email will be sent to the 

registrants shortly after completing the 

registration process. 

IV. Security and Building Guidelines 

The following are the security and 

building guidelines: 

Persons attending the meeting, 

including presenters, must be preregistered and on the attendance list by 

the prescribed date. 

Individuals who are not pre-registered 

in advance may not be permitted to 

enter the building and may be unable to 

attend the meeting. 

Attendees must present a governmentissued photo identification to the 

Federal Protective Service or Guard 

Service personnel before entering the 

building. Without a current, valid photo 

ID, persons may not be permitted entry 

to the building. 

All persons entering the building 

must pass through a metal detector. 

All items brought into the Humphrey 

Building including personal items, for 

example, laptops and cell phones are 

subject to physical inspection. 

The public may enter the building 30 

to 45 minutes before the meeting 

convenes. 

V. Special Accommodations 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodations must include the 

request for these services during 

registration. 

VI. Copies of the Charter 

The Secretary’s Charter for the 

Physician-Focused Payment Model 

Technical Advisory Committee is 

available on the ASPE Web site at 

https://aspe.hhs.gov/medicare-accessand-chip-reauthorization-act-2015. 

VII. Meeting Registration 

The public may attend the meeting inperson or listen via audio 

teleconference. Space is limited and 

registration is required. Registration 

may be completed online at 

www.regonline.com/

PTACommitteeMeetingRegistration. All 

the following information must be 

submitted when registering: 

Name. 

Company name. 

Postal address. 

Email address. 

If sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodation for a 

disability is needed, please contact Scott 

R. Smith, no later than January 22, 2016 

at the contact information listed below. 

Dated: January 28th, 2016. 

Arnold Epstein, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Health Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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Health IT Policy Committee Advisory 

Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces dates for 

meetings of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 


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