Recommendations, Reports & Presentations
February 15, 2007 – Letter to the Secretary – Recommendations on the National Provider Identifier
February 15, 2007 The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Leavitt: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is responsible for assisting and advising the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in adopting the administrative simplification provisions of…
Letter to the Secretary – Comment on Medicare part D Data
December 15, 2006 The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Leavitt: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is charged to advise the Department on health data, statistics and national health information policy. The Committee also has been called…
Letter to the Secretary – Comments on the proposed changes to the National Drug Code (NDC)
December 15, 2006 The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Leavitt: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is pleased to offer its support of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) recommending changes…
Letter to the Secretary – Preliminary Observations: National Provider Identifier (NPI) Implementation
November 29, 2006 The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Leavitt: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is responsible for monitoring the implementation of standard transactions, code sets, and identifiers adopted pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability…