[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4473-4474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01566]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services


Privacy Act of 1974, CMS Computer Match No. 2013-03, HHS Computer 
Match No. 1314, SSA Computer Match No. 1048, IRS Project No. 241

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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, this notice announces the establishment of a Computer 
Matching Program that CMS plans to conduct with the Social Security 
Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a Bureau 
of the Department of Treasury.

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 the 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: Richard Mazur, Technical Advisor, 
Office of Financial Management, Financial Services Group, Division of 
Medicare Secondary Payer Program Operations, CMS, Mail Stop C3-14-16, 
7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850, Office Phone: 
(410) 786-1418, Facsimile: (410) 786-7030, E-Mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection 
Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), 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.

    Dated: January 17, 2014.
Timothy Love,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

CMS Computer Match No. 2013-03

HHS Computer Match No. 1314

SSA Computer Match No. 1048

IRS Project No. 241

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    ``Computer Matching Agreement between the Department of the 
Treasury, Internal Revenue Services, and the Social Security 
Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the Medicare Secondary Payer 
Program''

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

    Unclassified

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES

    Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Social 
Security Administration (SSA); and the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING MATCHING PROGRAM

    Section 6103(l)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) (26 U.S.C. 
6103(1)(12)), and section 1862(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395y(b)(5)) implements the information matching provisions of 
the matching program.
    Section 1106 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1306) permits 
the disclosure of SSA data under this matching program.

PURPOSE(S) OF THE MATCHING PROGRAM

    The purpose of this matching program is to establish the conditions 
under which: (1) IRS agrees to disclose return information relating to 
taxpayer identity to SSA, and (2) SSA agrees to disclose return 
information relating to beneficiary and employer identity, commingled 
with information disclosed by the IRS, to CMS.
    These disclosures will provide CMS with information to determine 
the extent to which any Medicare beneficiary is covered under any Group 
Health Plan (GHP).

DESCRIPTION OF RECORDS TO BE USED IN THE MATCHING PROGRAM

    The matching program will be conducted with data maintained by CMS 
in the following SORs:
     Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MARx) System, CMS 
System No.

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09-70-0588, published at 76 FR 47190 (August 4, 2011);
     Medicare Multi-Carrier Claims System (MCS), CMS System No. 
09-70-0501, published at 71 FR 64968 (November 6, 2006);
     Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS), CMS System No. 
09-70-0503, published at 71 FR 64961 (November 6, 2006);
     Common Working File (CWF), CMS System No. 09-70-0526, 
published at 71 FR 64955 (November 6, 2006);
     National Claims History (NCH), CMS System No. 09-70-0558, 
published at 71 FR 67137 (November 20, 2006).
    The matching program will also be conducted with data maintained by 
IRS in CADE (Customer Account Data Engine) Individual Master File 
(IMF), Treasury/IRS 24.030, published at 77 FR 47946-947 (August 10, 
2012); and SSA in Master Beneficiary Record (MBR), SSA/ORSIS 60-0090, 
published at 71 FR 1826 (January 11, 2006) and Earnings Recording and 
Self-Employment Income System, SSA 60-0059, referred to as the Master 
Earnings File (MEF), published at 71 FR 1819 (January 11, 2006).

INCLUSIVE DATES OF THE MATCH

    This Computer Matching Program will 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 will continue for 18 months 
from the effective date and may be extended for an additional 12 months 
thereafter, if certain conditions are met.

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