[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10231-10232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5244]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


Privacy Act of 1974; Annual Publication of Systems of Records

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Agency for 
Health Care Policy and Research.

ACTION: Annual Publication of Revisions to HHS Privacy Act System 
Notices.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) is 
publishing this notice in accordance with the Office of Management and 
Budget Circular No. A-130, Appendix I, ``Federal Agency 
Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' which 
requires that agencies review each system of records annually and 
publish any minor changes in the Federal Register.
    The AHCPR has completed the annual review of its systems of records 
and is publishing below (1) the table of contents which lists all 
active systems of records in AHCPR, and (2) those minor changes which 
an individual needs to know to obtain his or her records, such as 
changes in the system location of records or the address of system 
managers.

    Dated: February 19, 1998.
John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator.

Table of Contents

09-35-0001
    Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Grants Information 
and Tracking System with Contracts Component (GIAnT), HHS/AHCPR/OM
09-35-0002
    National Medical Expenditure Survey, HHS/AHCPR/CGHSIR
09-35-0004
    Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR/
OFQEHC and CMER
09-35-0002

SYSTEM NAME:
    National Medical Expenditure Survey, HHS/AHCPR/CGHSIR.
    Minor changes have been made to this system notice. The following 
categories are hereby revised:

SYSTEM NAME:
    Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Medical Expenditure 
Panel Survey (MEPS) and National Medical Expenditure Survey 2 (NMES 2), 
HHS/AHCPR/CCFS

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Center for Cost and 
Financing Studies, Executive Office Center, Suite 500, 2101 East 
Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852. (MEPS and NMES 2 records 
are located here.)
    Social and Scientific Systems, 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1300, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20814. (MEPS and NMES 2 records are located here.)
    Westat, Inc., 1650 Research Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20857. 
(MEPS records only are located here.)
    NORC, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637. (MEPS records 
only are located here.)
    Bureau of the Census, FOB-3, 3442/3, Washington, DC 20232. (MEPS 
records only are located here.)

STORAGE:
    File folders, magnetic tapes and CD-ROM.

SYSTEM MANAGER(s) AND ADDRESS:
    Team Leader, Data Collection, CCFS/AHCPR, Executive Office Center, 
Suite 501, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
09-35-0004

SYSTEM NAME:
    Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR/OFQEHC 
and CMER.
    Minor changes have been made to this system notice. The following 
categories are hereby revised:

SYSTEM NAME:
    Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Medical Treatment 
Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR/CCFS and COER.

SYSTEM LOCATION:
    Copies of the medical records on paper are located at: Agency for 
Health Care Policy and Research Center for Cost and Financing Studies, 
Cost Effectiveness Analysis Research Team, Executive Officer Center, 
Suite 500, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Abstracted computerized records that contain the diagnosis and 
procedures are located at the following:

Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and 
Strategy, Office of Computer Operations, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850
National Institutes of Health, Division of Computer Research and 
Technology, Building 12A, Room 4037, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20852

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Parklawn Computer Center (PCC), 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857

    Inactive records and medical records for Medicare Accuracy Studies 
are located at the Federal Records Center, 100 Dan Fox Driver, 
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201.
    A list of contractors currently working with portions of the 
records is available by writing to the System Manager at the address 
below: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Center for Cost and 
Financing Studies, Cost Effectiveness Analysis Research Team, Suite 
500, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

Safeguards:
    1. Authorized Users: These records will be maintained at the 
following sites: The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 
computer in Baltimore, Maryland; the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) DCRT mainframe computer in Bethesda, Maryland; or the AHCPR 
contractor computers and offices. Access is by password known only to 
authorized users who are AHCPR CCFS and Center for Outcomes and 
Effectiveness Research (COER) staff or contractors or their employees 
responsible for the conduct of authorized research, and who are 
authorized to use the data.
    2. Physical Safeguards: Access to computer systems where data are 
stored electronically is restricted by the Policy Coordinating Official 
to individuals with special identification codes and accounts. The data 
set names are know only to those individuals with a need to known for 
authorized research. Hard copy of records are stored in locked rooms 
within locked areas monitored by AHCPR staff and building security 
guards. Access by key to locked store rooms is available only to 
research staff directly assigned to the studies or to administrative 
personnel in the presence of responsible research staff. Access to area 
around locked rooms is restricted to AHCPR staff and authorized 
personnel responsible for the physical aspects of records management 
including moving records when necessary. Inactive records in hard copy 
or on magnetic media are stored at the Federal Records Storage Facility 
with Records Management approval and with the safeguards and security 
provided by the facility. Rooms where records are stored are double 
locked when not in use. During regular business hours, rooms are 
unlocked but access is controlled by on-site personnel.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Project Officer, Pediatric Gastroentritis Research Agency for Health 
Care Policy and Research Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness 
Research, Suite 605, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, Telephone 301-594-1485
Project Officer, C-Section Research Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Suite 605, 
2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone 301-
594-1485
Project Officer, Schizophrenia Research Agency for Health Care Policy 
and Research Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Suite 605, 
2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville Maryland 20852, Telephone 301-
594-1485
Project Officer, Low Birth Weight Research Agency for Health Care 
Policy and Research Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, 
Suite 605, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 
Telephone 301-594-1485
Project Officer, Stroke Research Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Suite 605, 
2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone 301-
594-1485.

[FR Doc. 98-5244 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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