Recommendations, Reports & Presentations
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 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 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 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 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…
September 8, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) commends your leadership in promoting health information technology (HIT). Your selection of David Brailer, M.D., Ph.D., as the first National Coordinator…