Zdrowie i gospodarka · 04/08/2011

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Modified or Altered System

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter a SOR titled, "Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MARx) System, No. 09-70-4001," last modified at 70 FR 60530 (October 18, 2005). CMS proposes to broaden the data collected and stored by this system as part of a redesign and modernization of the MARx System. On December 8, 2003, Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173). MMA amended the Social Security Act (the Act) by adding the Medicare Part D Program under Title XVIII and mandated that CMS establish a voluntary Medicare prescription drug benefit program effective January 1, 2006. Under the Medicare Part D benefit, the Act allows Medicare payment to plans that contract with CMS to provide qualified Part D prescription drug coverage as described in 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 423.401. The MARx System processes all enrollment/disenrollment transactions associated with the Part D program. The modified MARx System will accept and store Health Plan-supplied beneficiary residence addresses on an initial Part C and/or Part D enrollment or a subsequent rec