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Number of
respondents
Type of respondents
Form name
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Epidemiologist .................................................
Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[CMS Computer Match No. 2014–04; HHS
Computer Match No. 1402]
Privacy Act of 1974
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching
Program (CMP).
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended; the Improper Payments
Elimination and Recovery Improvement
Act of 2012, Public Law (Pub. L.) 112–
248, 126 Stat. 2390 (31 U.S.C. 3321
(note)); and OMB Memorandum M–13–
20 (Protecting Privacy while Reducing
Improper Payments with the Do Not Pay
Initiative), this notice announces the
establishment of a CMP that CMS plans
to conduct with the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service (Fiscal Service), Department of
Treasury.
DATES: Effective Dates: Comments are
invited on all portions of this notice.
Public comments are due 30 days after
publication. The matching program will
become effective no sooner than 40 days
after the report of the matching program
is sent to Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and Congress, or 30 days
after publication in the Federal
Register, whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: The public should send
comments to: CMS Privacy Officer,
Division of Privacy Policy, Privacy
Policy and Compliance Group, Office of
E-Health Standards & Services, Offices
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of Enterprise Management, CMS, Room
S2–24–25, 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 9:00 a.m.—3:00
p.m., Eastern Time zone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Sofokles, Government Technical Lead,
Systems Management Division (SMD),
Data Analytics and Control Group
(DACG), Center for Program Integrity
(CPI), CMS, Mail Stop AR–18–50, 7500
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21244–1805, Office Phone: 410–786–
6373, Email: John.Sofokles@cms.hhs.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 101–
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 (SOR) 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.
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responses
per
respondent
Average
burden per
response
(in hrs.)
1,500
12
30/60
325
325
75
5
10/60
10/60
152
50
15/60
This matching program meets the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended.
Celeste Dade-Vinson,
Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CMS Computer Match No. 2014–04
HHS Computer Match No. 1402
NAME:
‘‘Computer Matching Agreement
between the Department of Health and
Human Services, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, and the Department
of Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service
to Detect Instances of Programmatic
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse’’
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) and the
Department of Treasury, Bureau of the
Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service).
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MATCHING
PROGRAM:
This Computer Matching Program
(CMP) is executed to comply with the
provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), as amended, the Improper
Payments Elimination and Recovery
Improvement Act of 2012, Public Law
112–248, 126 Stat. 2390 (31 U.S.C. 3321
(note)); OMB Memorandum M–13–20
(Protecting Privacy while Reducing
Improper Payments with the Do Not Pay
Initiative); the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Circular A–130
entitled, Management of Federal
Information Resources, at 61 FR 6428–
6435 (February 20, 1996), and OMB
guidelines pertaining to computer
matching at 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989)
and 56 FR 18599 (April 23, 1991); and
the computer matching portions of
Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A–130
as amended at 61 FR 6428, February 20,
1996;
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PURPOSE (S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
The purpose of this matching program
is to reduce improper payments by
authorizing Fiscal Service to provide
CMS, through the U.S. Department of
the Treasury’s Working System as
defined by OMB Memorandum M–13–
20 (Protecting Privacy while Reducing
Improper Payments with the Do Not Pay
Initiative), identifying information from
Fiscal Service’s SOR Treasury/Fiscal
Service .023 about individuals and
entities excluded from receiving federal
payments, contract awards, and other
benefits. The information resulting from
this matching program will be provided
to CMS for use in determining whether
an individual or entity is eligible to
receive federal payments, contract
awards, or other benefits. The CMS
Center for Program Integrity intends to
use information resulting from this
matching program in a variety of
activities related to the enrollment of
healthcare professionals, to check
payments made to providers and
physicians, to verify that providers
submitting claims are not deceased, and
to collect debts owed to federal or state
governments.
Using a CMP for this purpose
eliminates the need for each payment,
procurement and benefit program to
execute several Memoranda of
Agreements with multiple federal
agencies, provides access to up-to-date
information, and avoids the need to
manually compare files.
Fiscal Service to assist Fiscal Service in
contributing to the accuracy of CMS
Medicare benefit payments. PECOS
routine use number 1 will allow match
results data that PECOS obtains from
Treasury’s Working System to be
disclosed to CMS contractors,
consultants, and grantees assisting CMS
with PECOS purposes.
Fiscal Service will provide CMS with
information comprised of match results
originating from the matching activities
between CMS SOR data and Fiscal
Service’s Treasury/Fiscal Service .023,
as published at 78 Federal Register
(FR), 73923, December 9, 2013. Fiscal
Service data will be used in matching
activities and match results released to
CMS via Treasury’s Working System.
Routine use A allows the Fiscal Service
to disclose information to CMS in
identifying, preventing, or recouping
improper payments.
INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH:
The CMP shall become effective no
sooner than 40 days after the report of
the matching program is sent to OMB
and Congress, or 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register,
whichever is later. The matching
program shall be valid for a period of
less than 3 years from the effective date
and may be extended for not more than
3 years thereafter, if certain conditions
are met.
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DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS TO BE USED IN THE
MATCHING PROGRAM:
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The matching program will be
conducted with data maintained by
CMS in the ‘‘Provider Enrollment,
Chain, and Ownership System
(PECOS),’’ System No. 09–70–0532,
established at 66 FR 51961 (October 11,
2001). PECOS routine use number 2 will
allow PECOS data to be disclosed to
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Information Comparison with
Insurance Data
OMB No.: 0970–0342.
Description: The Insurance Match
program is a cooperative effort between
state child support agencies, insurers,
and the federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE). Using an efficient,
secure, and cost effective automated
matching process, OCSE works with
participating insurers to help state child
support agencies collect past-due
support for families by comparing
information maintained in the OCSE
Debtor File pertaining to delinquent
noncustodial parents to information
pertaining to individuals eligible to
receive a payment from an insurance
claim, settlement, award, or payment.
State child support agency and insurer
participation in the Insurance Match
program is voluntary.
The information collection activities
associated with the Insurance Match
program are authorized by: 42 U.S.C.
652(l) (to be redesignated (m)) which
authorizes the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services through the Federal Parent
Locator Service (FPLS), to conduct
comparisons of information concerning
individuals owing past-due child
support with information maintained by
insurers (or their agents) concerning
insurance claims, settlements, awards
and payments.
Respondents: Insurers or their agents,
state agencies administering workers’
compensation programs, and the
Insurance Services Office (ISO).
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 168.
Additional Information: Copies of the
proposed collection may be obtained by
writing to the Administration for
Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370
L’Enfant Promenade SW., Washington,
DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be
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identified by the title of the information
collection. Email address:
infocollection@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to
make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30
and 60 days after publication of this
document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
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within 30 days of publication. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork
Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–7285,
Email: OIRA_SUBMISSION@
OMB.EOP.GOV, Attn: Desk Officer for
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS Computer Match No. 2014-04; HHS Computer Match No. 1402]
Privacy Act of 1974
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching Program (CMP).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended; the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery
Improvement Act of 2012, Public Law (Pub. L.) 112-248, 126 Stat. 2390
(31 U.S.C. 3321 (note)); and OMB Memorandum M-13-20 (Protecting Privacy
while Reducing Improper Payments with the Do Not Pay Initiative), this
notice announces the establishment of a CMP that CMS plans to conduct
with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service), Department of
Treasury.
DATES: Effective Dates: Comments are invited on all portions of this
notice. Public comments are due 30 days after publication. The matching
program will become effective no sooner than 40 days after the report
of the matching program is sent to Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and Congress, or 30 days after publication in the Federal
Register, whichever is later.
ADDRESSES: The public should send comments to: CMS Privacy Officer,
Division of Privacy Policy, Privacy Policy and Compliance Group, Office
of E-Health Standards & Services, Offices of Enterprise Management,
CMS, Room S2-24-25, 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 9:00 a.m.--3:00 p.m., Eastern Time zone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Sofokles, Government Technical
Lead, Systems Management Division (SMD), Data Analytics and Control
Group (DACG), Center for Program Integrity (CPI), CMS, Mail Stop AR-18-
50, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1805, Office Phone:
410-786-6373, Email: John.Sofokles@cms.hhs.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection
Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 101-503), 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 (SOR)
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.
This matching program meets the requirements of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended.
Celeste Dade-Vinson,
Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CMS Computer Match No. 2014-04
HHS Computer Match No. 1402
NAME:
``Computer Matching Agreement between the Department of Health and
Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the
Department of Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service to Detect
Instances of Programmatic Waste, Fraud, and Abuse''
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified
PARTICIPATING AGENCIES:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Treasury, Bureau of the
Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service).
AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MATCHING PROGRAM:
This Computer Matching Program (CMP) is executed to comply with the
provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, the
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012,
Public Law 112-248, 126 Stat. 2390 (31 U.S.C. 3321 (note)); OMB
Memorandum M-13-20 (Protecting Privacy while Reducing Improper Payments
with the Do Not Pay Initiative); the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Circular A-130 entitled, Management of Federal Information
Resources, at 61 FR 6428-6435 (February 20, 1996), and OMB guidelines
pertaining to computer matching at 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989) and 56
FR 18599 (April 23, 1991); and the computer matching portions of
Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A-130 as amended at 61 FR 6428, February
20, 1996;
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PURPOSE (S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
The purpose of this matching program is to reduce improper payments
by authorizing Fiscal Service to provide CMS, through the U.S.
Department of the Treasury's Working System as defined by OMB
Memorandum M-13-20 (Protecting Privacy while Reducing Improper Payments
with the Do Not Pay Initiative), identifying information from Fiscal
Service's SOR Treasury/Fiscal Service .023 about individuals and
entities excluded from receiving federal payments, contract awards, and
other benefits. The information resulting from this matching program
will be provided to CMS for use in determining whether an individual or
entity is eligible to receive federal payments, contract awards, or
other benefits. The CMS Center for Program Integrity intends to use
information resulting from this matching program in a variety of
activities related to the enrollment of healthcare professionals, to
check payments made to providers and physicians, to verify that
providers submitting claims are not deceased, and to collect debts owed
to federal or state governments.
Using a CMP for this purpose eliminates the need for each payment,
procurement and benefit program to execute several Memoranda of
Agreements with multiple federal agencies, provides access to up-to-
date information, and avoids the need to manually compare files.
DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS TO BE USED IN THE MATCHING PROGRAM:
The matching program will be conducted with data maintained by CMS
in the ``Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS),''
System No. 09-70-0532, established at 66 FR 51961 (October 11, 2001).
PECOS routine use number 2 will allow PECOS data to be disclosed to
Fiscal Service to assist Fiscal Service in contributing to the accuracy
of CMS Medicare benefit payments. PECOS routine use number 1 will allow
match results data that PECOS obtains from Treasury's Working System to
be disclosed to CMS contractors, consultants, and grantees assisting
CMS with PECOS purposes.
Fiscal Service will provide CMS with information comprised of match
results originating from the matching activities between CMS SOR data
and Fiscal Service's Treasury/Fiscal Service .023, as published at 78
Federal Register (FR), 73923, December 9, 2013. Fiscal Service data
will be used in matching activities and match results released to CMS
via Treasury's Working System. Routine use A allows the Fiscal Service
to disclose information to CMS in identifying, preventing, or recouping
improper payments.
INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH:
The CMP shall become effective no sooner than 40 days after the
report of the matching program is sent to OMB and Congress, or 30 days
after publication in the Federal Register, whichever is later. The
matching program shall be valid for a period of less than 3 years from
the effective date and may be extended for not more than 3 years
thereafter, if certain conditions are met.
[FR Doc. 2014-21240 Filed 9-5-14; 8:45 am]
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