Department of Health and Human Services March 17, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, this notice establishes a computer matching agreement between CMS and the Department of Defense (DoD). We have provided background information about the proposed matching program in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. The Privacy Act requires that CMS provide an opportunity for interested persons to comment on the proposed 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.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for ISTODAX and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that human drug product.

This proposed rule amends a provision in HHS regulations that prohibits State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU) from using Federal matching funds to identify fraud through screening and analyzing State Medicaid claims data, known as data mining. To support and modernize MFCU efforts to effectively pursue Medicaid provider fraud, we propose to permit Federal Financial Participation (FFP) in the costs of defined data mining activities under specified conditions. In addition, we propose that MFCUs annually report the costs and results of approved data mining activities to OIG.