Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a New System of Records

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In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to establish a new system titled, "Evaluation of Drug Usage Under the Staff Time and Resource Intensity Verification Study (STRIVE), System No. 09-70-0595." Section 1888(e)(G) of the Social Security Act (the Act) authorizes the Secretary of HHS to provide for payment adjustments to the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) through a resident classification system established by the Secretary that accounts for the relative resource utilization of different patient types. The case mix adjustment shall be based on resident assessment data and other data the Secretary considers appropriate. To accomplish this task, CMS is currently undertaking a national nursing home time study known as STRIVE, of which this data will be a part. The purpose of this system is to collect and maintain during the STRIVE time study individually identifiable information on selected beneficiaries' medication utilization while in a nursing home, skilled nursing facility or swing bed hospital. Information retrieved from this system may be disclosed to: (1) Support regulatory, reimbursement, and policy func