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

Résumé

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing to establish a new system titled, "Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration and Evaluation (SRRDE), System No. 09-70- 0592." The program is authorized under provisions of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-1(a)), which gives the Secretary the broad authority to, "develop and engage in experiments and demonstration projects." The goal of the SRRDE is to determine whether risk reduction programs that have been developed and tested in the private sector can also be tailored to and work well with Medicare beneficiaries to improve their health and reduce avoidable health care utilization. The specific aims of the demonstration and evaluation are to: (1) Determine whether a senior risk reduction service provided by Medicare will be accepted by beneficiaries, achieve high participation rates, and be viewed positively by beneficiaries; (2) reduce health risk factors, improve health behaviors, improve functioning, and prevent disability; and (3) save money for Medicare. The purpose of this system is to collect and maintain demographic and health related data on the target population of non- institutionalized M