Recommendations, Reports & Presentations

June 17, 2004 – Letter to the Secretary – Recommendations on the Effect of the Privacy Rule in Law Enforcement

June 17, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C.  20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: 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…

June 17, 2004 Letter to the Secretary – Recommendations on the Effect of the Privacy Rule in Banking

June 17, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: 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 5, 2004 Letter to the Secretary – Recommendation on the effect of the Privacy Rule

March 5, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: 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…

February 20, 2004 – Letter to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH regarding the establishment of the National Children’s Study

February 20, 2004 Duane Alexander, M.D. Director National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike Building 31 Bethesda, Maryland  20892 Dear Dr. Alexander: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), an advisory committee to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is charged with…