NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDARDS AND SECURITY

January 29-30, 2003

Department of Health Human Services
Hubert Humphrey Building, Room 705A
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20020


Wednesday, January 29, 2003
9:00 a.m. Call to Order and Introductions

Review Agenda

Simon Cohn, M.D.
9:25 am Introduction to the Topic of the Day Richard Nahin, M.D., NIH
10:05 a.m. Panel 1 – Providers Konrad Kail, N.D., PAC, Director, Southwest College of Naturapathic Medicine

Carol Bickford, Ph.D., RN, BC, American Nurses Association

W. Bruce Milliman, ND, Chairperson. Insurance/Reimbursement Committee of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)

Alan Dumoff, N.D., Legal Counsel, Coding Task Force, Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium

Paul Faust, N.D, Medical Director, Chesapeake Natural Health Center

Patricia Culliton, M.A., L.Ac, Hennepin County Medical Center

Richard A. Freiberg, DOM, DAc, AP VP & Legislative Chair – Florida Chapter NGAOM Guild #62
Statement 1
Statement 2
Statement 3

11:20 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. Panel 1 Cont’d. – Q & A
12:20 a.m. Panel 2 – Health Plans Joel Stevans, D.C. Landmark Healthcare, Inc.

Kurt Hegetschweiler, D.C., VP Professional & Governmental Affairs American Specialty Health

1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:10 p.m. Code Set Overlap Laurie Feinberg, M.D., CMS
3:30 p.m. Break
3:40 p.m. Roundtable Discussion
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Thursday, January 30, 2003
9:00 a.m. Call to Order and Introductions

Review Agenda

Simon Cohn, M.D.
9:10 a.m. Subcommittee Discussion

  • Improving the HIPAA process
Ed Jones, WEDI

Harold Reynolds

Sue McAndrew, OCR

Patsy McElroy

Mike Tate

Jim Schuping, AMA

Maria Ward, HL7

Frank Pokorny, DSMO

10:15 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Subcommittee Discussion
12:30 p.m. Adjourn