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

Résumé

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to modify or alter an existing SOR, "Medicare Beneficiary Database (MBD)," System No. 09-70-0536, established at 66 Federal Register (FR) 63392 (December 6, 2001), and modified at 71 FR 11420 (March 7, 2006). The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) authorizes Medicare payment to Part D sponsors (including Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan sponsors) that contract with CMS to provide qualified Part D prescription drug coverage as described in 42 CFR Parts 417, 422 and 423. The MBD will include data necessary to process certain activities associated with the new Part D benefit including, but not limited to, the following activities: (1) Determination of the status of Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for the Low Income Subsidy Program (LIS) and are deemed to receive certain drug benefits; and (2) auto-assignment/auto- enrollment of beneficiaries as required by the MMA, and regulation, to include all LIS and deemed individuals who are not voluntarily enrolled in a drug plan, will automatically be assigned to a Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) or Medicare Advantage