National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

Virtual Full Committee Meeting

November 29-30, 2023

Virtual Meeting

 

Day 1 Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JQGMalncP8 

Day 2 Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCY-yDE5YM

 

Agenda

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

10:00 a.m. Call to Order/Roll Call Rebecca Hines, Executive Secretary
Designated Federal Officer (DFO)
10:10 a.m. Agenda Review Jacki Monson, NCVHS Chair
10:15 a.m. Strengthening the HIPAA Security Rule

  • Action item: Discuss/deliberate proposed recommendations.
 Val Watzlaf & Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality and Security (PCS)
12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. Evaluation and Assessment of the Readiness of New and Updated Standards Steve Posnack, ONC
1:30 p.m. Update from National Standards Group National Standards Group, CMS
Michael Cimmino, Daniel Kalwa and Jami Lookabill
2:00 p.m. CAQH CORE Operating Rule Enforcement Process & Recent Activity Bob Bowman, CAQH
2:15 p.m. Assessing New and Updated Standard’s Business Value & Technical Risk Across Standards

  • Presentation & Discussion
 Standards Development Organizations:
HL7, Dan Vreeman
NCPDP, Margaret Weiker
X12, Cathy Sheppard
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Assessing New and Updated Standard’s Business Value & Technical Risk Across Standards

  • Discussion (continued)
 Full Committee & Invited Panelists
4:00 p.m. Break
4:10 p.m. NCVHS Workplan Development – Part 1

  • Project Scope Discussion:
    Modernizing Standards Driven Information Infrastructure across the Healthcare Ecosystem
 Tammy Banks & Val Watzlaf

 

Full Committee
4:55 p.m. Public Comment Rebecca Hines
Executive Secretary/DFO
5:00 p.m. Wrap Up & Adjourn Jacki Monson, NCVHS Chair

 

Thursday, November 30, 2023

10:00 a.m. Call to Order/Roll Call Rebecca Hines
Executive Secretary/DFO
10:10 a.m. Welcome Remarks/Agenda Review

  • If needed, add time in the afternoon for follow up
 Jacki Monson, NCVHS Chair
10:15 a.m. Update: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Sharon Arnold, HHS, ASPE
10:45 a.m. Workgroup on Timely and Strategic Action to Inform ICD-11 Policy

  • Update
  • Workplan for 2024
  • Discussion
 Jamie Ferguson, Workgroup Chair
Mary Stanfill, Patrick Romano, Vickie Mays, Workgroup Members
Kin-Wah Fung, NIH
Carmela Couderc, ONC
11:55 a.m. Break
12:05 p.m. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare Grail Sipes, Office of the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Travis Hoppe, Associate Director for Data Science and Analytics, NCHS
1:15 p.m. Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. Changes in State Laws on Access and Use of Reproductive Health Data Kelly Baden, Guttmacher Institute
3:00 p.m. NCVHS Workplan Development – Part 2

  • Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality & Security
  • Subcommittee on Standards
 Val Watzlaf, PCS Subcommittee

Tammy Banks, Standards Subcommittee
4:05 p.m. Public Comment Rebecca Hines
Executive Secretary/DFO
4:10 p.m. Next Steps & Wrap up Jacki Monson, NCVHS Chair

Rebecca Hines
4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks & Adjourn Jacki Monson, NCVHS Chair

 

 

NCVHS Meeting Participant List

Evaluation and Assessment of the Readiness of New and Updated Standards

Wednesday, November 29, 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

  • Steve Posnack, Deputy National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS

 

CAQH CORE Operating Rule Enforcement Process and Recent Activity

Wednesday, November 29, 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

  • Bob Bowman, Principal, Interoperability and Standards, CAQH

 

Changes in State Laws on Access and Use of Reproductive Health Data

Thursday, November 30, 12:05 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

  • Kelly Baden, Vice President for Public Policy, Guttmacher Institute

 

Expert Panel Briefings

Update from National Standards Group/Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics (OBRHI)/CMS

Wednesday, November 29, 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

  • Michael Cimmino, Director, National Standards Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Daniel Kalwa, Deputy Director, National Standards Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Jami Lookabill, National Standards Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

 

Assessing New and Updated Standards Business Value & Technical Risk Across Standards

Wednesday, November 29, 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.

  • Cathy Sheppard, Chief Executive Officer, X12
  • Dan Vreeman, PT, DPT, MS, FACMI, FIAHSI, Chief Standards Development Officer, HL7 International
  • Alix Goss, Chair, HL7 International Policy Advisory Committee
  • Margaret Weiker, Vice President, Standards Development, National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP)

 

Workgroup on Timely and Strategic Action to Inform ICD-11 Policy

Thursday, November 30, 10:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.

  • Jamie Ferguson, ICD-11 Workgroup Chair, NCVHS
  • Mary Stanfill, MBI, ACHIP, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, FAHIMA, Vice President, Consulting Services, United Audit Systems, Inc.
  • Patrick Romano, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UC Davis Division of General Medicine
  • Vickie Mays, PhD, MSPH, Professor and Director, University of California at Los Angeles Department of Psychology & Health Services
  • Kin-Wah Fung, MD, MS, MA, Staff Scientist, Computational Health Research Branch, National Institutes of Health
  • Carmela Couderc, Branch Chief, Terminology, Content and Delivery, Office of the National Coordinator, HHS

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health Care

Thursday, November 30, 12:05 p.m.  – 1:15 p.m.

  • Grail Stipes, JD, Assistant Director for Biomedical Regulatory Policy, Health Outcomes Division, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
  • Travis Hoppe, PhD, Associate Director for Data Science and Analytics, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, HHS

 

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