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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Privacy Act of 1974; CMS Computer
Match No. 2007–03; HHS Computer
Match No. 0407; SSA Computer Match
No. 1048; IRS Project No. 241
Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Notice of renewal of an existing
computer matching program (CMP) that
has an expiration date of April 1, 2007.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended, this notice announces the
renewal of an existing CMP between
CMS, the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), and the Social Security
Administration (SSA). We have
provided information about the
matching program in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. The Privacy Act provides an
opportunity for interested persons to
comment on the matching program. We
may defer implementation of this
matching program if we receive
comments that persuade us to defer
implementation. See ‘‘Effective Dates’’
section below for comment period.
DATES: Effective Dates: CMS filed a
report of the Computer Matching
Program (CMP) with the Chair of the
House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, the Chair of the
Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, and
the Administrator, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) on
November 21, 2007. We will not
disclose any information under a
matching agreement until 40 days after
filing a report to OMB and Congress or
30 days after publication in the Federal
Register (FR), whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: The public should address
comments to: Walter Stone, CMS
Privacy Officer, Division of Privacy
Compliance, Enterprise Architecture
and Strategy Group, Office of
Information Services (OIS), CMS, Mail
stop N2–04–27, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–
1850. Comments received will be
available for review at this location, by
appointment, during regular business
hours, Monday through Friday from 9
a.m.–3 p.m., eastern daylight time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Albert, Technical Advisor, Division of
Medicare Secondary Payer Policy and
Operations, Financial Services Group,
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Office of Financial Management, CMS,
Mailstop C3–14–16, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–
1850. The telephone number is (410)
786–7457, or e-mail at
John.Albert@cms.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Description of the Matching Program
A. General
The Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act of 1988 (Public Law
(Pub. L.) 100–503), amended the Privacy
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by describing the
manner in which computer matching
involving Federal agencies could be
performed and adding certain
protections for individuals applying for
and receiving Federal benefits. Section
7201 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–
508) further amended the Privacy Act
regarding protections for such
individuals. The Privacy Act, as
amended, regulates the use of computer
matching by Federal agencies when
records in a system of records are
matched with other Federal, state, or
local government records. It requires
Federal agencies involved in computer
matching programs to:
1. Negotiate written agreements with
the other agencies participating in the
matching programs;
2. Obtain the Data Integrity Board
approval of the match agreements;
3. Furnish detailed reports about
matching programs to Congress and
OMB;
4. Notify applicants and beneficiaries
that the records are subject to matching;
and,
5. Verify match findings before
reducing, suspending, terminating, or
denying an individual’s benefits or
payments.
B. CMS Computer Matches Subject to
the Privacy Act
CMS has taken action to ensure that
all CMPs that this Agency participates
in comply with the requirements of the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended.
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Charlene Frizzera,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
CMS COMPUTER MATCH NO. 2007–03
HHS COMPUTER MATCH NO. 0407
SSA COMPUTER MATCH NO. 1048
IRS PROJECT NO. 241
NAME:
‘‘Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP)
Program’’.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Level Three Privacy Act Sensitive.
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PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social
Security Administration (SSA), and the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS).
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MATCHING
PROGRAM:
This Matching Agreement between
IRS, SSA and CMS is executed pursuant
to the Privacy Act of 1974 (Title 5
United States Code (U.S.C.) § 552a), as
amended, (as amended by Public Law
(Pub. L.) 100–503, the Computer
Matching and Privacy Protection Act
(CMPPA) of 1988), the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A–130, titled ‘‘Management of
Federal Information Resources’’ at 61
Federal Register (FR) 6428–6435
(February 20, 1996), and OMB
guidelines pertaining to computer
matching at 54 FR 25818 (June 19,
1989).
This agreement implements the
information matching provisions of
§ 6103(l)(12) of the Internal Revenue
Code (IRC) (26 U.S.C 6103(1)(12)), and
§ 1862(b)(5) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(5)).
PURPOSE(S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
The purpose of this agreement is to
establish the conditions under which:
(1) IRS agrees to disclose return
information relating to taxpayer identity
to SSA, and (2) SSA agrees to disclose
return information relating to
beneficiary and employer identity,
commingled with information disclosed
by the IRS, to CMS.
These disclosures will provide CMS
with information for use in determining
the extent to which any Medicare
beneficiary is covered under any Group
Health Plan (GHP).
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS AND INDIVIDUALS
COVERED BY THE MATCH:
IRS will disclose taxpayer identity
information from the CADE Individual
Master File (IMF), Treasury/IRS 24.030,
published at 66 FR 63800 (December 10,
2001), and maintained at the
Martinsburg Computing Center in
Martinsburg, West Virginia. This file
includes millions of records of
taxpayers who have filed Federal
Individual Income Tax Returns. Project
241, IMF/Medicare Beneficiary Match,
was established by IRS to facilitate this
matching program.
SSA will extract identifying
information of Medicare beneficiaries
from the Master Beneficiary Record
(MBR), SSA/OSR 60–0090, published at
71 FR 1826 (January 11, 2006) and
maintained at the National Computer
Center (NCC) in Baltimore, MD. This file
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includes records of individuals who
have received and are receiving benefits
under the Social Security Act. SSA will
extract employer identity information
from the Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/0SR
60–0059, referred to as the Master
Earnings File (MEF) published at 71 FR
1819 (January 11, 2006) and maintained
at the NCC. This file contains earnings
records of individuals including
identifying information of their
employees.
CMS will utilize a database, Medicare
Advantage Prescription Drug System
(MARx) CMS System No. 09–70–4001,
published at 70 FR 60530 (October 18,
2005), maintained at the CMS Data
Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland,
of the GHP information received from
employers containing verified instances
of employment and GHP coverage for
Medicare beneficiaries and Medicareeligible spouses identified from the IMF
and MEF extracts.
CMS will match GHP information
against the Medicare Multi Carrier
Claims System (MCS) (formerly known
as Carrier Medicare Claims Records),
CMS System No. 09–70–0501,
published at 71 FR 64968 (November 6,
2006), maintained at the CMS Data
Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland.
These files contain information received
from employers containing verified
instances of employment and GHP
coverage for Medicare beneficiaries and
Medicare-eligible spouses identified
from the IMF and MEF extracts.
CMS will match GHP information
against the Fiscal Intermediary Shared
System (FISS) (formerly known as
Intermediary Medicare Claims Records,
CMS System No. 09–70–0503,
published at 71 FR 64961 (November 6,
2006), maintained at the CMS Data
Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland.
This file contains information or records
needed to properly process and pay
Medicare benefits to, or on behalf of,
eligible individuals. The file is accessed
when a claim is submitted for payment.
CMS will match GHP information
against the CWF, CMS System No. 09–
70–0526, published at 71 FR 64955
(November 6, 2006), which is the
repository database for all current
hospital and medical coverage MSP
information. These files contain
information or records needed to
properly process and pay medical
insurance benefits to, or on behalf of,
entitled beneficiaries who have
submitted claims for Medicare Medical
Insurance Benefits (Medicare Part B).
The file is accessed when a claim is
submitted for payment.
CMS will match GHP information
against the National Claims History
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(NCH), which is contained in the
National Claims History File, CMS
System No. 09–70–0558, published at
71 FR 67137 (November 20, 2006),
maintained at the CMS Data Center,
located in Baltimore, Maryland. NCH
contains records needed to facilitate
obtaining Medicare utilization review
data that can be used to study the
operation and effectiveness of the
Medicare program.
INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH:
The Matching Program 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 FR, whichever 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 HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2007N–0432]
Risk Assessment of the Public Health
Impact from Foodborne Listeria
Monocytogenes in Soft-Ripened
Cheese: Request for Comments and
for Scientific Data and Information
AGENCY:
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
Notice; request for comments
and for scientific data and information.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is requesting
comments and scientific data and
information that would assist the agency
in its plans to conduct a risk assessment
for Listeria monocytogenes in softripened cheese. The purpose of the risk
assessment is to ascertain the impact on
public health from the reduction and/or
prevention of L. monocytogenes growth
and recontamination during the
manufacturing and/or processing of softripened cheese.
DATES: Submit comments and scientific
data and information by January 28,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
and scientific data and information to
the Division of Dockets Management
(HFA–305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.
1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit
electronic comments, data, and
information to either https://
www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments or
https://www.regulations.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven M. Gendel, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–06),
Food and Drug Administration, 5100
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD
20740, 301–436–2290.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Health and Human
Services’ Healthy People 2010 is a
comprehensive set of disease prevention
and health promotion objectives for the
Nation to achieve over the first decade
of the new century. Created by scientists
both inside and outside of Government,
it identifies a wide range of public
health priorities and specific,
measurable objectives. One of these
objectives calls on Federal food safety
agencies to reduce foodborne listeriosis
(Ref. 1). In support of this goal, in 2003,
FDA issued an assessment of the
relative risk to the public health from
foodborne L. monocytogenes among
selected categories of ready-to-eat (RTE)
foods (Listeria risk assessment) (Ref. 2).
The Listeria risk assessment formed the
basis of the 2003 FDA/Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Listeria Action Plan (Ref. 3), which
identifies prevention and control
activities that FDA and CDC will take to
reduce the incidence of foodborne
listeriosis in the United States. The
Public Health Risk Assessment: Listeria
monocytogenes in Soft-Ripened Cheese
supports the agency’s commitment to
fulfilling the Listeria Action Plan.
The 2003 Listeria risk assessment
provided the first quantitative estimate
of the relative risk of listeriosis from
consumption of a variety of RTE foods.
Among the dairy foods, soft unripened
cheese was considered to present a high
risk, and fresh soft cheese, semi-soft
cheese, and soft-ripened cheese was
considered to present a moderate risk of
listeriosis. This risk assessment
estimated that the risk of listeriosis from
the consumption of fresh soft cheese
made using unpasteurized (raw) milk
could be as much as 40-fold higher than
the risk from consumption of these
cheeses made from pasteurized milk.
The United States (U.S.) and Canada
have experienced sporadic illnesses and
outbreaks of listeriosis associated with
the consumption of cheese. In both
countries, there is a strong
epidemiological correlation between
consumption of soft cheese and
listeriosis. For example, a 1985 outbreak
of listeriosis associated with the
consumption of a Mexican-style soft
cheese resulted in 142 illnesses in Los
Angeles (Ref. 4), a similar outbreak in
2000 in North Carolina resulted in 12
illnesses, and a 2002 soft cheese-
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Privacy Act of 1974; CMS Computer Match No. 2007-03; HHS Computer
Match No. 0407; SSA Computer Match No. 1048; IRS Project No. 241
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Notice of renewal of an existing computer matching program
(CMP) that has an expiration date of April 1, 2007.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended, this notice announces the renewal of an existing CMP
between CMS, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Social
Security Administration (SSA). We have provided information about the
matching program in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. The
Privacy Act provides an opportunity for interested persons to comment
on the matching program. We may defer implementation of this matching
program if we receive comments that persuade us to defer
implementation. See ``Effective Dates'' section below for comment
period.
DATES: Effective Dates: CMS filed a report of the Computer Matching
Program (CMP) with the Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Administrator, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on November 21, 2007. We will not disclose any information under
a matching agreement until 40 days after filing a report to OMB and
Congress or 30 days after publication in the Federal Register (FR),
whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: The public should address comments to: Walter Stone, CMS
Privacy Officer, Division of Privacy Compliance, Enterprise
Architecture and Strategy Group, Office of Information Services (OIS),
CMS, Mail stop N2-04-27, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland
21244-1850. Comments received will be available for review at this
location, by appointment, during regular business hours, Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., eastern daylight time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Albert, Technical Advisor,
Division of Medicare Secondary Payer Policy and Operations, Financial
Services Group, Office of Financial Management, CMS, Mailstop C3-14-16,
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. The telephone
number is (410) 786-7457, or e-mail at John.Albert@cms.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Description of the Matching Program
A. General
The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Public
Law (Pub. L.) 100-503), amended the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) by
describing the manner in which computer matching involving Federal
agencies could be performed and adding certain protections for
individuals applying for and receiving Federal benefits. Section 7201
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508)
further amended the Privacy Act regarding protections for such
individuals. The Privacy Act, as amended, regulates the use of computer
matching by Federal agencies when records in a system of records are
matched with other Federal, state, or local government records. It
requires Federal agencies involved in computer matching programs to:
1. Negotiate written agreements with the other agencies
participating in the matching programs;
2. Obtain the Data Integrity Board approval of the match
agreements;
3. Furnish detailed reports about matching programs to Congress and
OMB;
4. Notify applicants and beneficiaries that the records are subject
to matching; and,
5. Verify match findings before reducing, suspending, terminating,
or denying an individual's benefits or payments.
B. CMS Computer Matches Subject to the Privacy Act
CMS has taken action to ensure that all CMPs that this Agency
participates in comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended.
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Charlene Frizzera,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CMS COMPUTER MATCH NO. 2007-03
HHS COMPUTER MATCH NO. 0407
SSA COMPUTER MATCH NO. 1048
IRS PROJECT NO. 241
NAME:
``Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Program''.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Level Three Privacy Act Sensitive.
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration
(SSA), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MATCHING PROGRAM:
This Matching Agreement between IRS, SSA and CMS is executed
pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (Title 5 United States Code
(U.S.C.) Sec. 552a), as amended, (as amended by Public Law (Pub. L.)
100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (CMPPA) of
1988), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, titled
``Management of Federal Information Resources'' at 61 Federal Register
(FR) 6428-6435 (February 20, 1996), and OMB guidelines pertaining to
computer matching at 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989).
This agreement implements the information matching provisions of
Sec. 6103(l)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (26 U.S.C
6103(1)(12)), and Sec. 1862(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395y(b)(5)).
PURPOSE(S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
The purpose of this agreement is to establish the conditions under
which: (1) IRS agrees to disclose return information relating to
taxpayer identity to SSA, and (2) SSA agrees to disclose return
information relating to beneficiary and employer identity, commingled
with information disclosed by the IRS, to CMS.
These disclosures will provide CMS with information for use in
determining the extent to which any Medicare beneficiary is covered
under any Group Health Plan (GHP).
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS AND INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE MATCH:
IRS will disclose taxpayer identity information from the CADE
Individual Master File (IMF), Treasury/IRS 24.030, published at 66 FR
63800 (December 10, 2001), and maintained at the Martinsburg Computing
Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. This file includes millions of
records of taxpayers who have filed Federal Individual Income Tax
Returns. Project 241, IMF/Medicare Beneficiary Match, was established
by IRS to facilitate this matching program.
SSA will extract identifying information of Medicare beneficiaries
from the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR), SSA/OSR 60-0090, published at
71 FR 1826 (January 11, 2006) and maintained at the National Computer
Center (NCC) in Baltimore, MD. This file
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includes records of individuals who have received and are receiving
benefits under the Social Security Act. SSA will extract employer
identity information from the Earnings Recording and Self-Employment
Income System, SSA/0SR 60-0059, referred to as the Master Earnings File
(MEF) published at 71 FR 1819 (January 11, 2006) and maintained at the
NCC. This file contains earnings records of individuals including
identifying information of their employees.
CMS will utilize a database, Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug
System (MARx) CMS System No. 09-70-4001, published at 70 FR 60530
(October 18, 2005), maintained at the CMS Data Center, located in
Baltimore, Maryland, of the GHP information received from employers
containing verified instances of employment and GHP coverage for
Medicare beneficiaries and Medicare-eligible spouses identified from
the IMF and MEF extracts.
CMS will match GHP information against the Medicare Multi Carrier
Claims System (MCS) (formerly known as Carrier Medicare Claims
Records), CMS System No. 09-70-0501, published at 71 FR 64968 (November
6, 2006), maintained at the CMS Data Center, located in Baltimore,
Maryland. These files contain information received from employers
containing verified instances of employment and GHP coverage for
Medicare beneficiaries and Medicare-eligible spouses identified from
the IMF and MEF extracts.
CMS will match GHP information against the Fiscal Intermediary
Shared System (FISS) (formerly known as Intermediary Medicare Claims
Records, CMS System No. 09-70-0503, published at 71 FR 64961 (November
6, 2006), maintained at the CMS Data Center, located in Baltimore,
Maryland. This file contains information or records needed to properly
process and pay Medicare benefits to, or on behalf of, eligible
individuals. The file is accessed when a claim is submitted for
payment.
CMS will match GHP information against the CWF, CMS System No. 09-
70-0526, published at 71 FR 64955 (November 6, 2006), which is the
repository database for all current hospital and medical coverage MSP
information. These files contain information or records needed to
properly process and pay medical insurance benefits to, or on behalf
of, entitled beneficiaries who have submitted claims for Medicare
Medical Insurance Benefits (Medicare Part B). The file is accessed when
a claim is submitted for payment.
CMS will match GHP information against the National Claims History
(NCH), which is contained in the National Claims History File, CMS
System No. 09-70-0558, published at 71 FR 67137 (November 20, 2006),
maintained at the CMS Data Center, located in Baltimore, Maryland. NCH
contains records needed to facilitate obtaining Medicare utilization
review data that can be used to study the operation and effectiveness
of the Medicare program.
INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH:
The Matching Program 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 FR, whichever 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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