[Federal Register: May 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 85)]
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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 announces the following advisory committee meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.

Time and Date: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., May 19, 1999; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., May 20, 1990.

Place: Room 405A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20201.

Status: Open.

Purpose: At this meeting, the Subcommittee will hear panel presentations on selected confidentiality issues. On the first day, a panel discussion is planned on the flow of health information between employers and insurers and related issues of data access and confidentiality. A second panel of privacy advocates will discuss their views on these topics. On the second day, the Subcommittee will hear a panel discussion of pharmacy benefit management firms and their information practices.

Notice: In the interest of security, the Department has instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without a government identification card will need to have the guard call for an escort to the meeting.

Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members may be obtained from Gail Horlick, M.S.W., J.D., Lead Staff Person for the NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Office of Research and Demonstrations, Health Care Financing Administration, MS-C4-13-01, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850, telephone (410)-786-6620; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 436-7050. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS website: http:// aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs, where an agenda for the meeting will be posted when available.

Dated: April 28, 1999.

James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 99-11123 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]

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