[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3202-3203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1525]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services


Privacy Act of 1974; Deletion of Systems of Records

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for

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Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (formerly the Health Care Financing 
Administration).

ACTION: Notice to delete 12 systems of records.

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SUMMARY: CMS proposes to delete 12 systems of records from its 
inventory subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 
amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The deletions will be effective on January 15, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The public should address comments to: Director, Division of 
Data Liaison and Distribution, CMS, Room N2-04-27, 7500 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. The telephone number is 
(410) 786-3573. 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 standard time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CMS is reorganizing its databases because of 
the amount of information it collects to administer the Medicare and 
Medicaid programs. With this reorganization of databases, CMS is 
deleting the systems of records listed below. Retention and destruction 
of the data contained in these systems will follow the schedules listed 
in the system notice. CMS proposes to delete the following systems.

Systems to be Deleted:

System No. 09-70-0504, ``Beneficiary Part A and B Uncollectible 
Overpayment File;''
System No. 09-70-0508, ``Reconsideration and Hearing Cases Files (Part 
A) Hospital Insurance Program;''
System No. 09-70-0512, ``Review and Fair Hearing Case Files--
Supplementary Medical Insurance Program;''
System No. 09-70-0516, ``Medicare Physician Supplier Master File;''
System No. 09-70-0518, ``Medicare Clinic Physician Supplier Master 
File;''
System No. 09-70-0522, ``Billing and Collection Master Record System;''
System No. 09-70-1511, ``Physical Therapists in Independent Practice 
(Individuals);''
System No. 09-70-1512, ``Peer Review Organizations Data Management 
Information System;''
System No. 09-70-1516, ``Uniform Clinical Data Set;''
System No. 09-70-2003, ``Completion of State Medicaid Quality Control 
Reviews;''
System No. 09-70-2006, ``Income and Eligibility Verification for 
Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control Reviews;''
System No. 09-70-9001, ``Health Care Financing Administration 
Correspondence and Assignment Tracking and Control System;''

    Dated: January 14, 2002.
Thomas A. Scully,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 02-1525 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
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