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payments are made, to assist in the
application of safeguards against
unnecessary utilization of services
furnished by providers of services and
other persons to individuals entitled to
benefits, and to perform other functions
as are necessary (Pub. L. 108–173
section 911, amending Title XVIII,
section 1874A (42 U.S.C. 1395kk–1).
Section 1857 of the Act provides that
the Secretary, or any person or
organization designated by the Secretary
shall have the right to ‘‘inspect or
otherwise evaluate (i) the quality,
appropriateness, and timeliness of
services performed under the contract’’
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–27(d)(2)(A)); and
‘‘audit and inspect any books and
records of [a Medicare Advantage]
organization that pertain to services
performed or determinations of amounts
payable under the contract.’’ (42 U.S.C.
1395w–27(d) (2) (B)).
Furthermore, § 1874(b) of the Act
authorizes the Secretary to ‘‘contract
with any person, agency, or institution
to secure on a reimbursable basis such
special data, actuarial information, and
other information as may be necessary
in the carrying out of his functions
under Subchapter XVIII.’’ (42 U.S.C.
1395kk(b).)
Section 1893 of the Act establishes
the Medicare Integrity Program, under
which the Secretary may contract with
eligible entities to conduct a variety of
program safeguard activities, including
fraud review employing equipment and
software technologies that surpass
existing capabilities (42 U.S.C.
1395ddd)). These entities are called
Program Safeguards Contractors (PSC)
and Medicare Drug Integrity Contractors
(MEDIC).
Pursuant to the applicable state
statutes and guidelines for the
Participating State charged with the
administration of the Medicaid program,
disclosure of the Medicaid data
pursuant to this Agreement is for
purposes directly connected with the
administration of the Medicaid program,
in compliance with 42 CFR 431.300
through 431.307. Those purposes
include the detection, prosecution, and
deterrence of fraud, waste and abuse
(FW&A) in the Medicaid program.
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PURPOSE (S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
The purpose of this Agreement is to
establish the conditions, safeguards, and
procedures under which CMS will
conduct a computer matching program
with Participating States to study
claims, billing, and eligibility
information to detect suspected
instances of Medicare and Medicaid
FW&A. CMS and the Participating State
will provide a CMS contractor
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(hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘Custodian’’) with Medicare and
Medicaid records pertaining to
eligibility, claims, and billing which the
Custodian will match in order to merge
the information as necessary to conduct
the match. Utilizing fraud detection
software, the information will then be
used to identify patterns of aberrant
practices and abnormal patterns
requiring further investigation. Aberrant
practices and abnormal patterns
identified in this matching program that
constitute FW&A will involve
individuals who are practitioners,
providers and suppliers of services,
Medicare beneficiaries, Medicaid
recipients, and other individuals whose
information may be maintained in the
records.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS AND INDIVIDUALS
COVERED BY THE MATCH:
This computer matching program
(CMP) will enhance the ability of CMS
and Participating States to detect FW&A
by matching claims data, eligibility, and
practitioner, provider, and supplier
enrollment records of Medicare
beneficiaries, practitioners, providers,
and suppliers in the Participating State
against records of Medicaid recipients,
practitioners, providers, and suppliers
in the Participating State.
DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS TO BE USED IN THE
MATCHING PROGRAM:
National Claims History (NCH),
System No. 09–70–0005 was published
at 71 FR 67137 (November 20, 2006).
Medicare Multi-Carrier Claims System
(MCS) (formerly published as the
Carrier Medicare Claims Record
(CMCR)), System No. 09–70–0501 was
published at 71 FR 64968 (November 6,
2006).
Enrollment Database (EDB), System
No. 09–70–0502 was published at 67 FR
3203 (January 23, 2002).
Fiscal Intermediary Shared System
(FISS) (formerly published as the
Intermediary Medicare Claims Record
(IMCR), System No. 09–70–0503 was
published at 71 FR 64961 (November 6,
2006).
Unique Physician/Provider
Identification Number (UPIN), System
No. 09–70–0525, was published at 71
FR 66535 (November 15, 2006).
Medicare Supplier Identification File
(MSIF), System No. 09–70–0530 was
published at 71 FR 70404 (December 4,
2006).
Provider Enrollment Chain and
Ownership System (PECOS), System
No. 09–70–0532 was published at 71 FR
60536 (October 13, 2006).
Medicare Beneficiary Database (MBD),
System No. 09–70–0536 was published
at 71 FR 70396 (December 4, 2006).
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Medicare Drug Data Processing
System (DDPS), System No. 09–70–0553
was published at 70 FR 58436 (October
6, 2005).
Medicare Advantage Prescription
Drug (MARx) System, System No. 09–
70–4001 was published at 70 FR 60530
(October 18, 2005).
The records files that will be made
available for this matching program by
the Participating State include
utilization, entitlement, and provider
records.
INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH:
The CMP shall become effective 40
days after the report of the matching
program is sent to OMB and Congress,
or 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register, which ever is later.
The matching program will continue for
18 months from the effective date and
may be extended for an additional 12
months thereafter, if certain conditions
are met.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Submission of Information Collection
to the Office of Management and
Budget
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior and Indian Health Services,
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Indian Health Service are
submitting the information collection,
titled ‘‘Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act Programs, 25
CFR 900’’ to the Office of Management
and Budget for renewal. The
information collection, OMB Control
#1076–0136, is used to process
contracts, grants or cooperative
agreements for award by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the Indian Health
Service as authorized by the Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Act, as amended. The
Department of the Interior and the
Department of Health and Human
Services invite you to submit comments
to the OMB on the information
collection described below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
29, 2007.
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You may submit comments
on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for Department of the
Interior, by facsimile at (202) 395–6566
or you may send an e-mail to:
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov.
Please send a copy of your comments
to Terry Parks, Office of Indian Services,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of
the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Mail
Stop 4513–MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
You may telefax comments on this
information collection to (202) 208–
5113. You may also hand deliver
written comments or view comments at
the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may request further information or
obtain copies of the information
collection request submission from
Terry Parks, (202) 513–7625.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Representatives of the Department of the
Interior and the Department of Health
and Human Services and Tribes
developed a joint rule, 25 CFR Part 900,
to implement section 107 of the Indian
Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act, as amended, Title I,
Public Law 103–413, the Indian SelfDetermination Contract Reform Act of
1994. Section 107(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the
Indian Self-Determination Contract
Reform Act requires the joint rule to
permit contracts and grants be awarded
to Indian tribes without the unnecessary
burden or confusion associated with
two sets of rules and information
collection requirements when
legislation treats this as a single program
covering two separate agencies. The
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian
Health Service estimate that the base
burden hours established for this
Information Collection Request, OMB
1076–0136, will remain the same. The
number of base burden hours
established for information collection
requirements of 25 CFR Part 900
remained stationary even though some
tribes are contracting under 25 CFR
900.8 which permits tribes to contract
several programs under a single
contract. The complexity of the reports
has offset the contracting multiple
programs burden hours, therefore the
burden hours estimates have remained
stationary.
The information requirements for this
joint rule represent significant
differences from other agencies in
several respects. Both the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the Indian Health
Service let contracts for multiple
programs whereas other agencies
usually award single grants to tribes.
Under the Indian Self-Determination
and Education Assistance Act, as
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amended, and the Indian SelfDetermination Contract Reform Act of
1994, tribes are entitled to contract and
may renew contracts annually where
other agencies provide grants on a
discretionary/competitive basis.
The proposal and other supporting
documentation identified in this
information collection is used by the
Department of the Interior and the
Department of Health and Human
Services to determine applicant
eligibility, evaluate applicant
capabilities, protect the service
population, safeguard Federal funds and
other resources, and permit the Federal
agencies to administer and evaluate
contract programs. Tribal governments
or tribal organizations provide the
information by submitting Public Law
93–638 contract or grant proposals to
the appropriate Federal agency. No third
party notification or public disclosure
burden is associated with this
collection.
Request for Comments
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Indian Health Service requests you to
send your comments on this collection
to the locations listed in the ADDRESSES
section.
Your comments should address: (a)
The necessity of the information
collection for the proper performance of
the agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agencies’
estimate of the burden (hours and cost)
of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways we could enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents,
such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor nor request, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0136.
Title: Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Contracts, 25 CFR
900.
Brief Description of collection: A tribe
or tribal organization may be required to
respond from 1 to 12 times per year,
depending upon the number of
programs they contract from the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and Indian Health
Service. Each response may vary in its
length. In addition, each subpart
concerns different parts of the
contracting process. For example,
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Subpart C relates to provisions of the
contents for the initial contract
proposal. The burden associated with
this would not be used when contracts
are renewed. Subpart F describes
minimum standards for the management
systems used by Indian tribes or tribal
organizations under these contracts.
Subpart G addresses the negotiability of
all reporting and data requirements in
the contract.
Type of review: Renewal.
Respondents: 550.
Total number of responses: 5267.
Time per response: Varies from 10 to
50 hours, with an average of 45 hours
per response.
Total Annual burden to Respondents:
219,782 hours.
Dated: December 21, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior.
Dated: October 25, 2006.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services.
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National Cancer Institute; Notice of
Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice
is hereby given of a meeting of the
National Cancer Institute Director’s
Consumer Liaison Group.
The meeting will be open to the
public, with attendance limited to space
available. Individuals who plan to
attend and need special assistance, such
as sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
notify the Contact Person listed below
in advance of the meeting.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison
Group.
Date: January 25, 2007.
Time: 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
Agenda: (1) Approval Minutes of
September 28, 2006 Teleconference and
October 25, 2006 in-person meeting; (2)
Introduce new Office of Advocacy
Relations leadership and Director’s
charge to the DCLG members (3) Report
of DCLG Member Activities; (4)
Preparation for the March in-person
meeting; (5) Public Comment Public
Comment; (6) Action Items and
Conclusion.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Submission of Information Collection to the Office of Management
and Budget
AGENCIES: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior and Indian Health
Services, Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service are
submitting the information collection, titled ``Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act Programs, 25 CFR 900'' to
the Office of Management and Budget for renewal. The information
collection, OMB Control 1076-0136, is used to process
contracts, grants or cooperative agreements for award by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service as authorized by the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as amended. The
Department of the Interior and the Department of Health and Human
Services invite you to submit comments to the OMB on the information
collection described below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 29, 2007.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for Department of the Interior, by facsimile at (202) 395-
6566 or you may send an e-mail to: OIRA--DOCKET@omb.eop.gov.
Please send a copy of your comments to Terry Parks, Office of
Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop 4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. You may
telefax comments on this information collection to (202) 208-5113. You
may also hand deliver written comments or view comments at the same
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request further information or
obtain copies of the information collection request submission from
Terry Parks, (202) 513-7625.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Representatives of the Department of the
Interior and the Department of Health and Human Services and Tribes
developed a joint rule, 25 CFR Part 900, to implement section 107 of
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as amended,
Title I, Public Law 103-413, the Indian Self-Determination Contract
Reform Act of 1994. Section 107(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Indian Self-
Determination Contract Reform Act requires the joint rule to permit
contracts and grants be awarded to Indian tribes without the
unnecessary burden or confusion associated with two sets of rules and
information collection requirements when legislation treats this as a
single program covering two separate agencies. The Bureau of Indian
Affairs and the Indian Health Service estimate that the base burden
hours established for this Information Collection Request, OMB 1076-
0136, will remain the same. The number of base burden hours established
for information collection requirements of 25 CFR Part 900 remained
stationary even though some tribes are contracting under 25 CFR 900.8
which permits tribes to contract several programs under a single
contract. The complexity of the reports has offset the contracting
multiple programs burden hours, therefore the burden hours estimates
have remained stationary.
The information requirements for this joint rule represent
significant differences from other agencies in several respects. Both
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service let
contracts for multiple programs whereas other agencies usually award
single grants to tribes. Under the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act, as amended, and the Indian Self-Determination
Contract Reform Act of 1994, tribes are entitled to contract and may
renew contracts annually where other agencies provide grants on a
discretionary/competitive basis.
The proposal and other supporting documentation identified in this
information collection is used by the Department of the Interior and
the Department of Health and Human Services to determine applicant
eligibility, evaluate applicant capabilities, protect the service
population, safeguard Federal funds and other resources, and permit the
Federal agencies to administer and evaluate contract programs. Tribal
governments or tribal organizations provide the information by
submitting Public Law 93-638 contract or grant proposals to the
appropriate Federal agency. No third party notification or public
disclosure burden is associated with this collection.
Request for Comments
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service requests you
to send your comments on this collection to the locations listed in the
ADDRESSES section.
Your comments should address: (a) The necessity of the information
collection for the proper performance of the agencies, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the agencies' estimate of the burden (hours and cost) of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways we could enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of the information on the
respondents, such as through the use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information technology.
Please note that an agency may not sponsor nor request, and an
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it
has a valid OMB Control Number.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0136.
Title: Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Contracts, 25 CFR 900.
Brief Description of collection: A tribe or tribal organization may
be required to respond from 1 to 12 times per year, depending upon the
number of programs they contract from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Indian Health Service. Each response may vary in its length. In
addition, each subpart concerns different parts of the contracting
process. For example, Subpart C relates to provisions of the contents
for the initial contract proposal. The burden associated with this
would not be used when contracts are renewed. Subpart F describes
minimum standards for the management systems used by Indian tribes or
tribal organizations under these contracts. Subpart G addresses the
negotiability of all reporting and data requirements in the contract.
Type of review: Renewal.
Respondents: 550.
Total number of responses: 5267.
Time per response: Varies from 10 to 50 hours, with an average of
45 hours per response.
Total Annual burden to Respondents: 219,782 hours.
Dated: December 21, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior.
Dated: October 25, 2006.
Robert G. McSwain,
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services.
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