Recommendations, Reports & Presentations
Excerpts from the W.H.O. Introduction to the ICIDH-2 (ICF)* 1. Background This volume contains the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, known as ICIDH-2. The overall aim of the ICIDH-2 classification is to provide a unified and standard language and framework for the description of health and health-related states. The revised classification defines components…
About NCVHS and Its Work on Functional Status The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics advises the Department of Health and Human Services on health information policy. Functional status information cuts across the National Committee’s responsibility to advise HHS on standards and population health. The initiative that produced this report is led by the…
Classifying and Reporting Functional Status Table of Contents Cover Letter to Secretary Thompson Report and Appendix 1 & 2 (Updated 01/30/02) Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Appendix 5
July 16, 2001 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: This letter transmits the most recent report of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), “Classifying and Reporting Functional Status”, which was approved by the full Committee at…
July 6, 2001 Health Care Financing Administration Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 443-G 200 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Attention: HCFA-2006-IFC State Child Health: Revisions to the Regulations Implementing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program Sirs: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) is pleased that…
June 29, 2001 The Honorable Tommy Thompson Secretary 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…
June 29, 2001 The Honorable Tommy Thompson Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recognizes the importance of the appropriate application of health information technology as a means to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of…
September 27, 2001 John Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H. Chair, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 6525 Belcrest Road Room 1100 Hyattsville, MD 20782-2003 Dear Dr. Lumpkin: Thank you for your letters regarding the implementation of the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). You raise many important issues,…
March 22, 2001 The Honorable Richard Cheney President of the Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Mr. President: I am pleased to transmit our Fourth 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, Subtitle F of Public Law…