Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a Modified or Altered System of Records

Resumen

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an existing SOR, "Medicare Appeals System (MAS)," System No. 09-70-5001, last published at 69 Federal Register (FR) 75323 (December 16, 2004). CMS is reorganizing its databases because of the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Public Law (Pub.L.) 108-173) provisions and the large volume of information the Agency collects to administer the Medicare program. We propose to assign a new CMS identification number to this system to simplify the obsolete and confusing numbering system originally designed to identify the Bureau, Office, or Center that maintained the system of records. The new assigned identifying number for this system should read: System No. 09- 70-0566. We propose to broaden the scope of this system with the inclusion of support for two additional appeals processes: documenting policies and procedures relating to National Coverage Determinations and Prescription Drug Coverage appeals. These new processes are added to the current appeals process that include appeals of Medicare claims decisions, Administrative Law Judge hearings, and Med