Notice2021-13334
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Notice of Meeting and Request for Public Comment
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33318-33319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13334]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Notice of
Meeting and Request for Public Comment
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory
committee meeting and request for public comment.
Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS),
Listening Session to be held by the Subcommittee on Standards.
Dates and Times: Wednesday, August 25, 2021: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
EST.
Place: Virtual.
Status: Open.
Purpose: The purpose of this listening session is to obtain input
from representatives of standards development organizations, invited
industry stakeholders, and representatives from federal agencies on a
variety of topics pertaining to data standards, harmonization of
standards and code sets, new Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
(FHIR) application programming interfaces (APIs) to enhance the
exchange of clinical and administrative data, the state of readiness
for certain administrative and clinical standards to be considered for
adoption or use as standards under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA),\1\ for interoperability, and other subjects
beyond HIPAA transactions.
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\1\ Public Law 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936 (Aug 21, 1996), available
at <a href="https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf</a>.
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This Notice also includes a Request for Public Comment to solicit
input from interested individuals and stakeholders who would like to
provide input to the Subcommittee in advance of the August 25, 2021,
listening session.
The Subcommittee seeks to understand the extent to which current
and emerging standards for exchanging electronic health-related data
under HIPAA and other applicable federal legislation and regulatory
processes are meeting the business needs of the health care system.
Applicable legislation and regulation include, but are not limited to
HIPAA, the final Interoperability and Patient Access Rule promulgated
by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),\2\ the 21st
Century Cures Act,\3\ the Affordable Care Act of 2010,\4\ the Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
(HITECH),\5\ and Medicare Access and
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CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).\6\
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\2\ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Final Rule:
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act; Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare Advantage
Organization and Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid
Agencies, CHIP Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of
Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, and
Health Care Providers,'' 85 FR 25510, May 1, 2020, available at
<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-01/pdf/2020-05050.pdf">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-01/pdf/2020-05050.pdf</a>.
\3\ Public Law 114-255, 130 STAT. 1033 (Dec. 13, 2016),
available at <a href="https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ255/PLAW-114publ255.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ255/PLAW-114publ255.pdf</a>.
\4\ Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (Mar 13. 2010), available
at <a href="https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ148/PLAW-111publ148.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ148/PLAW-111publ148.pdf</a>.
\5\ Public Law 111-5, Title XIII, 123 Stat. 115, 226 (Feb. 17,
2009), available at <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ5/pdf/PLAW-111publ5.pdf</a>.
\6\ Public Law 114-10, 129 Stat. 87 (April 16, 2015), available
at <a href="https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ10/PLAW-114publ10.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ10/PLAW-114publ10.pdf</a>.
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Building on recent work of both NCVHS and the Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the
Subcommittee is gathering input to inform phase 1 of its two-year
project Standardization of Information for Burden Reduction and Post-
Pandemic America. This work involves assessing the current landscape of
standards development and regulatory adoption processes and identifying
opportunities for improving coordination of standards development,
adoption, implementation, and conformity across disparate health-
related data systems. NCVHS may use the information to inform
recommendations to HHS. These recommendations may include an updated
framework for standards adoption and implementation that takes into
consideration public health, wellness, social services, clinical and
claims information and newer technologies that promote interoperability
across the health care system.
In conjunction with the August 25th listening session, the
Subcommittee is including in this notice a Request for Public Comment
to obtain written input from any interested stakeholders including:
Trading partners and consumers; payers; providers; patients; standards
organizations; advocacy groups; data exchanges; health information
technology developers; and other data producers and data consumers
including long term and post-acute care providers; public health
agencies; population health registries; and operators of public and
private sector claims and encounter data reporting systems. The
Committee has developed specific questions to ensure comments address
key issues under consideration by the Committee. Those questions are
outlined here and available at: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/Request-for-Public-Comment-Standards-Subcommittee-August-Listening-Session">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/Request-for-Public-Comment-Standards-Subcommittee-August-Listening-Session</a>.
(1) How can data sharing be improved between patients, providers,
payers, public health system, and other actors in health care? What are
the barriers to these improvements?
(2) Are there any new standards or use cases available or under
development that should be considered by NCVHS for recommendation to
HHS for adoption to support interoperability, burden reduction and
administrative simplification? Some examples might include new
information sharing in health care, such as data or semantics for
social determinants of health, public health case reporting, or All
Payer Claims Databases. Please do not limit responses to these
examples.
(3) How have other industries effectively implemented, tested, and
certified standards for data and their exchange that could be
considered for health care?
(4) What short term, mid-term and long-term opportunities or
solutions do you believe should be priorities for HHS?
Please submit comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#216f627769724c40484d614245420f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="470904110f142a262e2b0724232469202831">[email protected]</span></a> by close of business
Friday, July 30, 2021.
The Subcommittee will consider information from the invited
panelists as well as all timely submitted written comments from the
public in its development of a landscape assessment and potential
recommendations.
There will be a public comment period. The meeting times and topics
are subject to change. Please refer to the NCVHS website 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, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cf818c99879ca2aea6a38facabace1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c727f6a746f515d55507c5f585f125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>. Summaries of
meetings and a roster of Committee members are available on the home
page of the NCVHS website <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/</a>. Further information,
including an agenda and instructions to access the broadcast of the
meeting, will be posted as soon as the information is available.
Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 488-3210 as soon as
possible.
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. 2021-13334 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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