Recommendations, Reports & Presentations
February 22, 2001 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary U. S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW 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…
March 14, 2001 Katherine K. Wallman Chief Statistician Office of Management and Budget, Room 10201 New Executive Office Building 725 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20503 Dear Ms. Wallman: The Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (December 15, 2000) is of great interest to the…
October 16, 2000 The Honorable Donna E. Shalala Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Shalala: As part of its responsibilities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) will be monitoring closely the implementation of the…
October 3, 2000 The Honorable Donna E. Shalala Secretary Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Shalala: We are writing to advise you on the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps (ICIDH), which the World Health Organization (WHO) currently is revising. WHO proposes to submit the…
THE U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL & HEALTH STATISTICS Reflections on the Past and Challenges for the Future Kerr L. White MD* My association with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and later the U.S. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) goes back almost forty years when I first met Ossie Sagen,…
Shaping A Vision for the 21st Century Health Statistics Dorothy P. Rice Professor Emeritus Institute for Health & Aging University of California, San Francisco 3333 California Street, Suite 340 San Francisco, CA 94605 On this special occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, I want thank NCVHS, CNSTAT, and…