Recommendations, Reports & Presentations
June 25, 2003 Secretary Tommy G. Thompson 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) provides advice to you regarding the Act’s…
October 8, 2003 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 to enhance the nation’s healthcare delivery system through the application of information technology. Your vision aptly emphasizes the…
September 26, 2003 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) through its Subcommittee on Populations continues to assess the adequacy of federal data to document and monitor the health of racial…
September 26, 2003 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 initiatives to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Disparities in access to and delivery of health care…
September 24, 2003 The Honorable Tommy Thompson Secretary U.S. 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 you for your commitment toward government wide adoption of clinical data standards that you first announced on March 21, 2003. …
June 25, 2003 The Honorable Tommy 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 you for your commitment to move toward uniform government adoption of clinical data standards that you announced on March 21, 2003.…
June 25, 2003 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services 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 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has written…
