Notice2023-11207
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Meeting
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May 25, 2023
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Health and Human Services Department
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory committee meeting. This meeting is open to the public. The public is welcome to obtain the link to attend this meeting by following the instructions posted on the Committee website: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/ meetings/full-committee-meeting-13/.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 33895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11207]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Meeting
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory
committee meeting. This meeting is open to the public. The public is
welcome to obtain the link to attend this meeting by following the
instructions posted on the Committee website: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-13/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-13/</a>.
NAME: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Meeting
DATES: Wednesday, June 14, 2023: 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Virtual open meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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, or via
electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1066777824507374733e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0375646b37436067602d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>; or by telephone (301) 458-4715.
Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are available
on the NCVHS website <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/</a>, where further information
including an agenda and instructions to access the broadcast of the
meeting will be posted.
Should you require reasonable accommodation, please telephone the
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at (770) 488-3210 as soon as
possible.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: As outlined in its Charter, the National Committee on
Vital and Health Statistics assists and advises the Secretary of HHS on
health data, data standards, statistics, privacy, national health
information policy, and the Department's strategy to best address those
issues. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
of 1996 (HIPAA),\1\ NCVHS advises the Secretary on administrative
simplification standards, including those for privacy, security,
adoption and implementation of transaction standards, unique
identifiers, code sets, and operating rules adopted under the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).\2\
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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>.
\2\ Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat.119, 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>.
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The purpose of this meeting is to provide a public forum for the
Committee to consider what comments it will make on the April 17, 2023,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) ``HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support
Reproductive Health Care Privacy'' which is available at <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/17/2023-07517/hipaa-privacy-rule-to-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/17/2023-07517/hipaa-privacy-rule-to-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy</a>.
In addition, the Committee will consider what recommendations it
will make in response to updated and new operating rules proposed by
the Council for Affordable Quality Health Care (CAQH), Committee on
Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE), to support adopted
HIPAA standards, and an updated version of the X12 standard for claims
and electronic remittance advice transactions (Version 8020) proposed
by X12. The Committee developed these recommendations in response to
formal proposals received from CAQH CORE \3\ and X12 \4\ respectively,
informed by a Request for Comment (RFC) and two-day hearing held
January 18-19, 2023.\5\ Details on the recent RFC and hearings are
available on the Committee's website here: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/standards-subcommittee-hearing/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/standards-subcommittee-hearing/</a>.
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\3\ Letter from CAQH CORE to NCVHS, May 23, 2022: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CAQH-CORE-Board-Letter-to-NCVHS-re-New-Updated-OR-052322-508.pdf">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CAQH-CORE-Board-Letter-to-NCVHS-re-New-Updated-OR-052322-508.pdf</a>.
\4\ Letter from X12 to NCVHS, June 7, 2022: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/X12-Request-for-review-of-8020-transactions-060822-to-NCVHS-508.pdf">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/X12-Request-for-review-of-8020-transactions-060822-to-NCVHS-508.pdf</a>.
\5\ See, Subcommittee on Standards, National Committee on Vital
and Health Statistics, Hearing on Requests for New and Updated
Transaction Standards and Operating Rules, available at <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/standards-subcommittee-hearing/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/standards-subcommittee-hearing/</a>.
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The Committee will reserve time on the agenda for public comment.
Meeting times and topics are subject to change. Please refer to the
agenda posted on the NCVHS website for updates: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-13/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-13/</a>.
Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Science and Data
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2023-11207 Filed 5-24-23; 8:45 am]
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