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Regional Offices to assess Sponsoring
organizations’ compliance with
Medicare program requirements. If
outliers or other data anomalies are
detected, MOEG requires audited
organizations to provide impact
analyses to better understand and report
the scope of the noncompliance. These
MA and Part D organizations then
receive their audit results, are required
to implement corrective actions, and to
demonstrate correction of all conditions
cited in the final audit report by
undergoing a validation audit. If the
validation audit demonstrates
substantial correction of the conditions,
MOEG will communicate its decision to
close the audit in a letter to the MA and
Part D organization. Any new or isolated
issues of non-compliance that remain
will be referred to the CMS Account
Manager for follow-up. Regional Offices
will work in collaboration with MOEG
and other divisions within CMS for
resolution. Form Number: CMS–10717
(OMB control number: 0938-New);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public:
Private Sector, Business or other forprofits, Not-for-profits institutions;
Number of Respondents: 190; Total
Annual Responses: 179; Total Annual
Hours: 36,082. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Kellie
Simons at 410–786–0886.)
2. Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension without change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Essential Health
Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans,
Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and
Appeal Processes, and Premiums and
Cost Sharing; Exchanges: Eligibility and
Enrollment; Use: The Exchanges, which
became operational on January 1, 2014,
enhanced competition in the health
insurance market, expanded access to
affordable health insurance for millions
of Americans, and provided consumers
with a place to easily compare and shop
for health insurance coverage. The
reporting requirements and data
collection in Medicaid, Children’s
Health Insurance Programs, and
Exchanges: Essential Health Benefits in
Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility
Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal
Processes, and Premiums and Cost
Sharing; Exchanges: Eligibility and
Enrollment (CMS–2334–F) address: (1)
Standards related to notices, (2)
procedures for the verification of
enrollment in an eligible employersponsored plan and eligibility for
qualifying coverage in an eligible
employer-sponsored plan; and (3) other
eligibility and enrollment provisions to
provide detail necessary for state
implementation. The submission seeks
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OMB approval of the information
collection requirements associated with
selected provisions in 45 CFR parts 155,
156 and 157. Form Number: CMS–
10468 (OMB control number: 0938–
1207); Frequency: Annually; Affected
Public: Individuals, Households and
Private Sector; Number of Respondents:
1,522; Total Annual Responses: 9,533;
Total Annual Hours: 103,710. (For
policy questions regarding this
collection contact Anne Pesto at 410–
786–3492.)
3. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision with change of a
currently approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Plus
Choice Program Requirements
Referenced in 42 CFR 422.000–422.700;
Use: The information collection
requirements are mandated by 42 CFR
part 422. Section 4001 of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) added
sections 1851 through 1859 to the Social
Security Act to establish the Managed
Care program. The Medicare, Medicaid,
and SCHIP Benefits Improvement Act
and Protection Act of 2000, Public Law
106–554 added requirements to the
Managed Care program. The Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–
173) created the Medicare Advantage
program.
A major goal of the Medicare
Advantage program is to provide ease of
access for Original Medicare
beneficiaries who wish to enroll in a
Medicare Advantage program. Certain
populations of beneficiaries such as the
dually eligible population (those
beneficiaries enrolled in both Medicaid
and Medicare) have grown since the
program was created and these
populations require more flexibilities.
MA organizations (formerly M+C
organizations) and potential MA
organizations (applicants) use the
information collected based on the
regulations at 42 CFR part 422 to
comply with the application
requirements and the MA contract
requirements. CMS uses the information
collected based on the regulations at 42
CFR part 422 to approve contract
applications, monitor compliance with
contract requirements, make proper
payment to MA organizations,
determine compliance with the new
prescription drug benefit requirements
established by the MMA, and to ensure
that correct information is disclosed to
Medicare beneficiaries, both potential
enrollees and enrollees.
Information supplied by organizations
is used to determine eligibility for
contracting with CMS, for determining
compliance with contract requirements,
and for calculating proper payment to
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the organizations. Information supplied
by Medicare beneficiaries is used to
determine eligibility to enroll in the
M+C organization and to determine
proper payment to the organization that
enrolled the beneficiary. Separate OMB
approval was sought for each form as
required.
The information collection request
also incorporates the new minimum
criteria for dual eligible special needs
plans (D–SNPs) to integrate Medicare
and Medicaid benefits detailed in
Section 50311(b) of the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2018 and set forth in in
Final rule (CMS–4185–F, RIN 0938–
AT59) for CY2020 and 2021. The
integration requirements improve care
coordination, quality of care, and
beneficiary satisfaction while reducing
administrative burden. Form Number:
CMS–R–267 (OMB control number:
0938–0753); Frequency: Yearly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Governments; Number of Respondents:
6,727,508; Total Annual Responses:
6,750,814; Total Annual Hours:
1,848,180. (For policy questions
regarding this collection contact Marna
Metcalf Akbar at 410–786–8251.)
Dated: May 29, 2020.
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office
of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
Administration for Children
and Families, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching
program.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE), is providing notice of a reestablished matching program between
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
and State Public Assistance Agencies
(SPAAs) participating in the Public
Assistance Reporting Information
System (PARIS) Program. The matching
program provides the SPAAs with VA
compensation and pension data on a
periodic basis to use in determining
SUMMARY:
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public assistance applicants’ and
recipients’ eligibility for certain public
assistance benefits. HHS/ACF/OPRE
facilitates the matching program, and
the Department of Defense (DoD),
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)
conducts the matches of SPAA and VA
data and provides associated support.
DATES: The deadline for comments on
this notice is July 6, 2020. The reestablished matching program will
commence not sooner than 30 days after
publication of this notice, provided no
comments are received that warrant a
change to this notice. The matching
program will be conducted for an initial
term of 18 months (from approximately
August 30, 2020, through February 28,
2022) and within 3 months of expiration
may be renewed for 1 additional year if
the parties make no change to the
matching program and certify that the
program has been conducted in
compliance with the matching
agreement.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may
submit written comments on this notice,
by mail or email, to the PARIS Project
Officer, Division of Data and
Improvement, HHS/ACF Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024,
paris@acf.hhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General questions about the matching
program may be submitted to Joshua
Williams, PARIS Project Officer,
Division of Data and Improvement,
HHS/ACF Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20024, paris@
acf.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a), provides certain
protections for individuals applying for
and receiving federal benefits. The law
governs the use of computer matching
by federal agencies when records in a
system of records (meaning, federal
agency records about individuals
retrieved by name or other personal
identifier) are matched with records of
other federal or non-federal agencies.
The Privacy Act requires agencies
involved in a matching program to:
1. Obtain approval of a Computer
Matching Agreement, prepared in
accordance with the Privacy Act, by the
Data Integrity Board of each federal
agency that is a source or recipient of
data used in the matching program. 5
U.S.C. 522a(o)(1), (u)(3)(A), and (u)(4).
2. Provide adequate advance notice of
the matching program, including a copy
of the agreement, to Congress and the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A)(i) and (r).
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3. Publish advance notice of the
matching program in the Federal
Register. 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(12).
4. Make the Computer Matching
Agreement available to the public. 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A)(ii).
5. Notify the individuals whose
information will be used in the
matching program that the information
they provide is subject to verification
through matching, as required by 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(D).
6. Verify match findings before
suspending, terminating, reducing, or
making a final denial of an individual’s
benefits or payments or taking other
adverse action against the individual, as
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(p).
7. Provide an annual report of the
matching program activities to Congress
and OMB, and make the report available
to the public. 5 U.S.C. 552a(u)(3)(D).
This matching program meets these
requirements.
Naomi Goldstein,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning,
Research and Evaluation, ACF.
Participating Agencies
VA is the source agency, and SPAAs
are non-federal agencies.
Authority for Conducting the Matching
Program
Sections 402, 1137, and 1903(r) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. secs.
602(a), 1320b–7, and 1396b(r)).
Purpose(s)
The matching program will provide
participating SPAAs with VA
compensation and pension data on a
periodic basis to use in determining
public assistance applicants’ and
recipients’ eligibility for benefits under
Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
and general assistance programs, and to
use in helping relevant veterans to
better understand similar benefits
available through the VA, which may be
better alternatives. The matching
program helps ensure fair and equitable
treatment in the delivery of benefits
attributable to funds provided by the
Federal Government.
Categories of Individuals
The categories of individuals involved
in the matching program are:
• Individuals applying for, or
receiving, Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and/
or general assistance benefits (public
assistance clients); and
• Individuals receiving VA pay or
pension benefits.
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Categories of Records
The categories of records used in the
matching program are identifying
information and compensation and
pension data.
On an approximately quarterly basis,
VA will provide DoD/DMDC with a file
containing VA benefit record data about
all individual VA benefit and
compensation recipients, and each
SPAA will provide DoD/DMDC with a
non-federal file containing identifying
information, including Social Security
Numbers (SSNs) about public assistance
clients. DoD/DMDC will compare the
SSNs in each SPAA file to the VA file
and will provide the SPAA with match
results containing the following data
elements (as applicable) about each
public assistance client whose SSN
matches the SSN of an individual
receiving VA compensation or pension
benefits:
VA File Number; Veteran/Beneficiary/
Apportionee SSN and SSN Verification
Indicator; Payee Type Code; Award
Type, Award Line Type, and Award
Status Codes; Gender Code; Last Name/
First Name/Middle Name; Beneficiary
Birth Date; Veteran/Spouse Aid and
Attendance Code; Station Number;
Spouse; Minor Child; School Child;
Helpless Child; Parent; Combined
Degree; Entitlement Type Code; Change
Reason; Suspense Reason; Last Paid
Date; Effective Date; Gross Amount; Net
Award Amount; Payment Amount;
Frequency Pay Type Code; Income for
VA Purposes Amount; Beneficiary/
Spouse Annual Amounts (for Wages,
Insurance, Interest, Social Security,
Civil Service Retirement, Military,
Railroad Retirement Board, Black Lung,
and Rest); Beneficiary/Spouse Rest of
Exclusion Amount; Medical Expense/
Education Expense/Last Expense/
Hardship Amounts; Receivable/
Receivable Amount; Monthly
Deductions/Deduction Amount;
Proceeds/Proceeds Amount; Address
Type Indicator; Address Name/
Fiduciary; Address Fiduciary Type;
Address Name Beneficiary; Corporate
Format Address (Address Lines One,
Two, and Three, City Name, State
Name, ZIP Code Prefix and Suffix,
Country Type Name, Foreign Postal
Code, Province Name, Territory Name,
Military Postal Type, Military Post
Office); and Benefits Delivery Network
Treasury Address and ZIP Code Prefix.
System(s) of Records
The VA data used in this matching
program will be disclosed from the
following system of records, as
authorized by routine use 35:
‘‘Compensation, Pension, Education,
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and Vocational Rehabilitation and
Employment Records—VA (58VA21/22/
28),’’ 84 FR 4138 (Feb. 14, 2019).
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guidances provide product-specific
recommendations on, among other
things, the design of bioequivalence
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drug applications (ANDAs). In the
Federal Register of June 11, 2010, FDA
announced the availability of a guidance
for industry entitled ‘‘Bioequivalence
Recommendations for Specific
Products’’ that explained the process
that would be used to make productspecific guidances available to the
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Recommendations for Specific
Products’’ that explained the process
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation (OPRE), is providing notice of a re-established matching
program between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and State
Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs) participating in the Public
Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) Program. The matching
program provides the SPAAs with VA compensation and pension data on a
periodic basis to use in determining
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public assistance applicants' and recipients' eligibility for certain
public assistance benefits. HHS/ACF/OPRE facilitates the matching
program, and the Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Manpower Data
Center (DMDC) conducts the matches of SPAA and VA data and provides
associated support.
DATES: The deadline for comments on this notice is July 6, 2020. The
re-established matching program will commence not sooner than 30 days
after publication of this notice, provided no comments are received
that warrant a change to this notice. The matching program will be
conducted for an initial term of 18 months (from approximately August
30, 2020, through February 28, 2022) and within 3 months of expiration
may be renewed for 1 additional year if the parties make no change to
the matching program and certify that the program has been conducted in
compliance with the matching agreement.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comments on this
notice, by mail or email, to the PARIS Project Officer, Division of
Data and Improvement, HHS/ACF Office of Planning, Research and
Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024, [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General questions about the matching
program may be submitted to Joshua Williams, PARIS Project Officer,
Division of Data and Improvement, HHS/ACF Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20024,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a), provides certain protections for individuals applying for
and receiving federal benefits. The law governs the use of computer
matching by federal agencies when records in a system of records
(meaning, federal agency records about individuals retrieved by name or
other personal identifier) are matched with records of other federal or
non-federal agencies. The Privacy Act requires agencies involved in a
matching program to:
1. Obtain approval of a Computer Matching Agreement, prepared in
accordance with the Privacy Act, by the Data Integrity Board of each
federal agency that is a source or recipient of data used in the
matching program. 5 U.S.C. 522a(o)(1), (u)(3)(A), and (u)(4).
2. Provide adequate advance notice of the matching program,
including a copy of the agreement, to Congress and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A)(i) and (r).
3. Publish advance notice of the matching program in the Federal
Register. 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(12).
4. Make the Computer Matching Agreement available to the public. 5
U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(A)(ii).
5. Notify the individuals whose information will be used in the
matching program that the information they provide is subject to
verification through matching, as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(D).
6. Verify match findings before suspending, terminating, reducing,
or making a final denial of an individual's benefits or payments or
taking other adverse action against the individual, as required by 5
U.S.C. 552a(p).
7. Provide an annual report of the matching program activities to
Congress and OMB, and make the report available to the public. 5 U.S.C.
552a(u)(3)(D).
This matching program meets these requirements.
Naomi Goldstein,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Research and Evaluation, ACF.
Participating Agencies
VA is the source agency, and SPAAs are non-federal agencies.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program
Sections 402, 1137, and 1903(r) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. secs. 602(a), 1320b-7, and 1396b(r)).
Purpose(s)
The matching program will provide participating SPAAs with VA
compensation and pension data on a periodic basis to use in determining
public assistance applicants' and recipients' eligibility for benefits
under Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and general
assistance programs, and to use in helping relevant veterans to better
understand similar benefits available through the VA, which may be
better alternatives. The matching program helps ensure fair and
equitable treatment in the delivery of benefits attributable to funds
provided by the Federal Government.
Categories of Individuals
The categories of individuals involved in the matching program are:
Individuals applying for, or receiving, Medicaid, TANF,
SNAP, and/or general assistance benefits (public assistance clients);
and
Individuals receiving VA pay or pension benefits.
Categories of Records
The categories of records used in the matching program are
identifying information and compensation and pension data.
On an approximately quarterly basis, VA will provide DoD/DMDC with
a file containing VA benefit record data about all individual VA
benefit and compensation recipients, and each SPAA will provide DoD/
DMDC with a non-federal file containing identifying information,
including Social Security Numbers (SSNs) about public assistance
clients. DoD/DMDC will compare the SSNs in each SPAA file to the VA
file and will provide the SPAA with match results containing the
following data elements (as applicable) about each public assistance
client whose SSN matches the SSN of an individual receiving VA
compensation or pension benefits:
VA File Number; Veteran/Beneficiary/Apportionee SSN and SSN
Verification Indicator; Payee Type Code; Award Type, Award Line Type,
and Award Status Codes; Gender Code; Last Name/First Name/Middle Name;
Beneficiary Birth Date; Veteran/Spouse Aid and Attendance Code; Station
Number; Spouse; Minor Child; School Child; Helpless Child; Parent;
Combined Degree; Entitlement Type Code; Change Reason; Suspense Reason;
Last Paid Date; Effective Date; Gross Amount; Net Award Amount; Payment
Amount; Frequency Pay Type Code; Income for VA Purposes Amount;
Beneficiary/Spouse Annual Amounts (for Wages, Insurance, Interest,
Social Security, Civil Service Retirement, Military, Railroad
Retirement Board, Black Lung, and Rest); Beneficiary/Spouse Rest of
Exclusion Amount; Medical Expense/Education Expense/Last Expense/
Hardship Amounts; Receivable/Receivable Amount; Monthly Deductions/
Deduction Amount; Proceeds/Proceeds Amount; Address Type Indicator;
Address Name/Fiduciary; Address Fiduciary Type; Address Name
Beneficiary; Corporate Format Address (Address Lines One, Two, and
Three, City Name, State Name, ZIP Code Prefix and Suffix, Country Type
Name, Foreign Postal Code, Province Name, Territory Name, Military
Postal Type, Military Post Office); and Benefits Delivery Network
Treasury Address and ZIP Code Prefix.
System(s) of Records
The VA data used in this matching program will be disclosed from
the following system of records, as authorized by routine use 35:
``Compensation, Pension, Education,
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and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Records--VA (58VA21/22/
28),'' 84 FR 4138 (Feb. 14, 2019).
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