Recommendations, Reports & Presentations
September 9, 2005 Letter report to the Secretary on Personal Health Record (PHR) systems
September 9, 2005 The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Leavitt: President Bush and you have put forward a vision that, in your words, “would create a personal health record that patients, doctors and other health care providers could securely…
September 8, 2005 Seventh Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation Of the Administrative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
September 8, 2005 The Honorable Dennis J. Hastert Speaker of the House of Representatives H-209, The Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker: I am pleased to transmit our Seventh Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Administrative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In compliance with Section 263,…
March 4, 2005 Letter to the Secretary – Recommendations on Medical Equipment
March 4, 2005 The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Leavitt: As part of its responsibilities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) monitors the implementation of…
March 3, 2005 Letter to CMS – Comments on E-Rx Proposed Rule
March 3, 2005 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-0011-P P.O. Box 8014 Baltimore, MD 21244-8014 Via: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/ecomments The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) was called upon by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) to develop recommendations for uniform standards to…
November 5, 2004 – Letter to the Secretary – Recommendation on revisions to the Uniform Bill for Hospitals (UB04) and the ANSI ASC X 12N 8371 HIPAA Implementation Guide
November 5, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary US Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: In May 2004 the NCVHS issued a report entitled Measuring Health Care Quality: Obstacles and Opportunities. The Quality Workgroup together with the Subcommittee on Standards and Security conducted hearings based…