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Please Note: Members of the public will be given opportunities to comment throughout the hearing. Commenters are encouraged to speak on the issues listed below, but may speak on any issue of interest or concern. The Committee is interested in hearing about problems with Departmental rules and regulations, but is particularly interested in hearing ideas for solutions.

 

AGENDA 
SECRETARY'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM
Ramada Plaza Suites & Conference Center
Pittsburgh, PA

April 17, 2002

Committee Chair Opens Meeting
Dr. Douglas L. Wood		 9:00 am - 9:05 am
Rural Issues

Presentations from HHS

Marcia Brand, HRSA

Tom Hoyer, CMS

 9:05am - 9:30am

Rural Health Open Door Forum

CMS

 

 9:30am - 10:00am

Panel: Provider and Beneficiary Perspectives 

Robert L. Harman, Administrator, Grant Memorial Hospital, Petersburg, WV

Tim Size, Executive Director, Rural Wisconsin Cooperative, Sauk City, WI

Wayne Myers, MD., ME.

Mona Counts, Ph. D, CRNP, FNAP, Clinical Director, Primary Care Center of Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris PA

Raymond J. Bahl, Apprise Counselor, PA

Dennis McCutcheon, Medicare beneficiary, Lookout, WV

 10:00 am – 10:50 am

Committee comments and questions

 10:50 am – 11:00 am
Break  11:00 am – 11:10 am
Public Comment 11:10 am – 11:45 am
Working Lunch for Committee Members
(Lunch Box or Buffet)

 

 11:45 am -12:15 pm
Multiple Reviews

Panel 1 

Anthony J. Tirone, Director, Federal Relations, 
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, Washington, D.C.

Andrew Webber, Vice President, External Affairs,
National Committee on Quality Assurance

Ken Segel, Director, 
Pittsburgh Regional Health Care Initiative

 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

Panel 2 

Elizabeth Concordia, President & CEO 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Presbyterian and Shadyside

Dean Eckenrode, Senior Vice President 
UPMC Insurance Division

Daniel Martich, MD, Executive Director,
Electronic Medical Record, UPMC
Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine, UPMC

 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Committee comments / questions / discussion  1:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Adjourn for Site Visits  2:15 pm – 5:45 pm

April 18, 2002
HIPAA Privacy Rule

Presentation Part I 

Paula Stannard, Office of General Counsel

Jodi Goldstein, Office of General Counsel

 8:00 am – 8:45 am

Demonstration

 8:45 am – 9:15 am

Break 

 9:15 am – 9:25 am

Presentation Part II 

 9:25 am – 10:10 am

Committee Questions and Comments 

 10:10 am – 10:30 am
Public Comment  10:30 am – 11:30 am
Committee Discussion  11:30 am -12:00 pm
Lunch Break  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Committee Discussion (cont.)  1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

 

A proposed rule on HIPAA privacy was published on March 27, 2002 and is currently in an open public comment period. Individuals who would like to submit comments on the HIPAA privacy proposed rule may submit electronic comments at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa or send them to: Privacy 2, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 425A, 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC, 20201.  

For more information, please view the April 2, 2002 Federal Register Notice.
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