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Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
Subcommittee on Standards and Security
May 1-2, 2007
Marriott at Metro Center
775 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Meeting Synopsis
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Standards and Security was convened on May 1-2, 2007. The meeting was open to the public and broadcast live on the Internet (http://www.va.gov/virtconf.htm).
Present:
Committee Members
- Jeffrey S. Blair, MBA, Co-Chairman
- Harry Reynolds, Co-Chairman
- Justine M. Carr, MD
- Simon P. Cohn, MD
- J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
- Judith Warren, PhD, RN
Absent
Staff and Liaisons
- Denise Buenning, MSM, CMS
- Jorge Ferrer, MD, VA
- J. Michael Fitzmaurice, PhD, AHRQ
- Marjorie Greenberg, NCHS/CDC, Executive Secretary
- Karen Trudel, CMS
Others
- Adam Birnbaum, BlueCross BlueShield
- Michael J. DeCarlo, BlueCross BlueShield
- Maria A. Friedman, RXHUB
- Angela L. Jeansonne, AOA
- Mari Rose Johnson, AMA
- Frank A. Kyle, Jr., ADA
- Anthony J. Schueth, Point-of-Care Partners
- Brian Spector, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Inc.
- Rachelle F. Spiro, R. Spiro Consulting
- Allison Viola, AHIMA
ACTIONS
- An NPI letter will be created for the June 2007 full Committee meeting.
- A process will be developed to further educate the Subcommittee about the implementation of 5010 and the NCPDP standard (i.e., learn more about what they are and the impact of expected changes). This would be followed by one or more industry hearings. Then, the Subcommittee would be in a position to make recommendations to the Secretary.
- An October 2007 Subcommittee hearing is scheduled. An additional hearing prior to October to address issues related to 5010 will be considered, depending upon budgetary restrictions. Alternately, a conference call (open to the public) could occur with DSMOs (Designated Standard Maintenance Organizations) before the October hearing to educate Subcommittee members about 5010. Regardless, the Subcommittee would want to bring forward a recommendation to the full Committee in September or November 2007 (noting that WEDI would not have survey results on implementation of the 5010 until fall 2007).
- Lynne Gilbertson (NCPDP) and Jim Shuping (WEDI) were asked to assemble an educational packet for the above mentioned conference call by June 15, 2007, to include a breakdown of all transactions and changes within three categories (cosmetic, fixes, and new). Mr. Reynolds will compose an email that lists what should be included in the educational packet.
- A list that details what is needed from SDOs and WEDI will be circulated.
- A conversation with the Executive Committee should occur that delineates what they need from the Subcommittee regarding modification of existing security standards.
- It was recommended that the Executive Subcommittee consider long-term strategies for terminology in health care
Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
Subcommittee on Standards and Security
May 1-2, 2007
Topics and Presenters
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Subcommittee discussion of the HIPAA Process Streamlining Letter
| DSMO Annual Report Presentation | Nancy Spector, DSMO Lynne Gilbertson, NCPDP |
| E-Prescribing Pilot’s Report | Jon White, MD, AHRQ Michael Bordelon, PhD and Shelly Grace, Achieve Healthcare Chelle Wooley, NRC Evaluation, Contractor Representative Douglas Bell, RAND Corporation |
| Update on NPI and Discussion of Contingency Guidance | Karen Trudel, CMS Michael Ubl, BCBS of MN, WEDI |
| Security Review of Guidance/Current Remote Access and Ongoing Security Issues | Lorraine Tunis Doo, CMS Susan A. Miller, JD, WEDI |
| Health Information Security and Privacy Collaborative | Matthew Scholl, NIST Linda Dimitropoulous, PhD, RTI Intl. |
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
| NLM Update | Betsey Humphries, NLM |
| Executive Subcommittee Planning and Session Preparation | Jeffrey S. Blair, MBA, Co-Chairman Harry Reynolds, Co-Chairman |