Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New System of Records

Zusammenfassung

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, CMS is proposing to establish a new system of records (SOR) titled, "Performance Measurement and Reporting System (PMRS)," System No. 09-70-0584. PMRS will serve as a master system of records to assist in projects that provide transparency in health care on a broad-scale enabling consumers to compare the quality and price of health care services so that they can make informed choices among individual physicians, practitioners and providers of services. In cooperation with local or regional public-private collaborative stakeholders; individuals assigned to provider groups; insurance and provider associations; government agencies; employers; accrediting and quality organizations; Chartered Value Exchanges (CVE), data aggregators, and other community leaders who are committed to improving the quality of services, CMS is laying the foundation for pooling and analyzing information about the quality of medical services and performance provided by physicians and health care providers. PMRS will further assist in developing existing strategies to improve health care quality including transparency of cost and/or price informati