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ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Local SURRG data manager .......................... Facility, Laboratory and field Elements .......... 9 7 16 

Data manager at non-STD clinic health centers.Non-STD clinic Elements ............................... 18 6 3 

Public Health Laboratory Microbiologist ......... Laboratory Testing ......................................... 9 700 10/60 

Public Health Laboratory Data Manager ........ Laboratory Elements ...................................... 9 6 1 

Gonorrhea Patients, Social and Sexual Contacts.Field Investigation Elements .......................... 1,080 1 30/60 

Jeffrey M. Zirger, 

Acting Chief, Information Collection Review 

Office, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office 

of the Associate Director for Science, Office 

of the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing 

notice of a re-established matching 

program between CMS and the Social 

Security Administration (SSA), 

‘‘Determining Enrollment or Eligibility 

for Insurance Affordability Programs 

Under the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act (ACA).’’ The 

matching program provides CMS with 

SSA data to use in determining 

individuals’ eligibility to enroll in a 

qualified health plan through an 

exchange established under the ACA 

and for insurance affordability programs 

and certificates of exemption, and to 

make eligibility redeterminations and 

renewals, including appeal 

determinations. 

DATES: The deadline for comments on 

this notice is September 6, 2018. The reestablished matching program will 

commence not sooner than 30 days after 

publication of this notice, provided no 

comments are received that warrant a 

change to this notice. The matching 

program will be conducted for an initial 

term of 18 months (from approximately 

September 2018 to March 2020) and 

within 3 months of expiration may be 

renewed for one additional year if the 

parties make no change to the matching 

program and certify that the program 

has been conducted in compliance with 

the matching agreement. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

submit written comments on this notice, 

by mail or email, to the CMS Privacy 

Officer, Division of Security, Privacy 

Policy & Governance, Information 

Security & Privacy Group, Office of 

Information Technology, Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Location: N1–14–56, 7500 Security 

Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244–1850, 

Walter.Stone@cms.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about the matching 

program, you may contact Jack Lavelle, 

Senior Advisor, Marketplace Eligibility 

and Enrollment Group, Centers for 

Consumer Information and Insurance 

Oversight, CMS, at (410) 786–0639, or 

by email at Jack.Lavelle1@cms.hhs.gov, 

or by mail at 7501 Wisconsin Ave., 

Bethesda, MD 20814. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a) provides certain 

protections for individuals applying for 

and receiving Federal benefits. The law 

governs the use of computer matching 

by Federal agencies when records in a 

system of records (meaning, federal 

agency records about individuals 

retrieved by name or other personal 

identifier) are matched with records of 

other federal or non-federal agencies. 

The Privacy Act requires agencies 

involved in a matching program to: 

1. Enter into a written agreement, 

which must be prepared in accordance 

with the Privacy Act, approved by the 

Data Integrity Board of each source and 

recipient Federal agency, provided to 

Congress and the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), and made available 

to the public, as required by 5 United 

States Code (U.S.C.) 552a(o), (u)(3)(A), 

and (u)(4). 

2. Notify the individuals whose 

information will be used in the 

matching program that the information 

they provide is subject to verification 

through matching, as required by 5 

U.S.C. 552a(o)(1)(D). 

3. Verify match findings before 

suspending, terminating, reducing, or 

making a final denial of an individual’s 

benefits or payments or taking other 

adverse action against the individual, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(p). 

4. Report the matching program to 

Congress and the OMB, in advance and 

annually, as required by 5 U.S.C. 

552a(o)(2)(A)(i), (r), and (u)(3)(D). 

5. Publish advance notice of the 

matching program in the Federal 

Register as required by 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(12). 

This matching program meets these 

requirements. 

Dated: August 1, 2018. 

Walter Stone, 

CMS Privacy Act Officer, Division of Security 

Privacy Policy and Governance, Information 

Security and Privacy Group, Office of 

Information Technology, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is the 

recipient agency, and the Social 

Security Administration (SSA) is the 

source agency. 

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING

PROGRAM: 

The matching program is authorized 

under 42 U.S.C. 18001. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of the matching program 

is to provide CMS with SSA data that 

CMS needs to determine individuals’ 

eligibility to enroll in a qualified health 

plan through an exchange established 

under the ACA and for insurance 

affordability programs and certificates of 

exemption, and to make eligibility 

redetermination and renewal decisions, 

including appeal determinations. The 


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program enables CMS to compare its 

data to SSA data to confirm an 

applicant’s or other relevant 

individual’s identity, citizenship, status 

as deceased or imprisoned, and Title II 

disability benefit quarters of coverage 

(QC) and monthly and annual income. 

The data is used by CMS to authenticate 

identity, determine eligibility, and 

determine the amount of an advance 

payment of the premium tax credit 

(APTC) or cost sharing reduction (CSR). 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS: 

The categories of individuals whose 

information is involved in the matching 

program are consumers who apply for 

any of the following eligibility 

determinations, and other relevant 

individuals (e.g., an applicant’s 

household members) who have 

eligibility to enroll in a qualified health 

plan through an exchange established 

under the ACA, eligibility for insurance 

affordability programs and certificates of 

exemption, and subsequent eligibility 

redeterminations and renewals, 

including appeal determinations. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: 

The categories of records used in the 

matching program are identity, 

citizenship, birth, death, disability 

coverage and income, and 

imprisonment status records. The data 

elements are as follows: 

1. For each applicant and for relevant 

individuals, CMS will submit a request 

file to SSA that contains the following 

mandatory specified data elements in a 

fixed record format: Last name, first 

name, date of birth, social security 

number (SSN), and citizenship 

indicator. 

2. For each applicant, SSA will 

provide CMS with a response file in a 

fixed record format. Depending on CMS’ 

request, SSA’s response may include the 

following data elements: Last name, first 

name, date of birth, death indicator, 

disability indicator, prisoner 

information, Title II (annual and 

monthly) income information, and 

confirmation of attestations of 

citizenship status and SSN. SSA may 

also provide QC data when CMS 

requests it. 

3. For relevant individuals, CMS will 

request a limited amount of SSA 

information. Based on CMS’ request, 

SSA will verify a relevant individual’s 

SSN with a death indicator and may 

provide a relevant individual’s QC data 

or Title II (annual and monthly) income 

information. CMS will not request 

citizenship or immigration status data 

for a relevant individual. 

4. For renewals and redeterminations, 

CMS will request and SSA will verify 

SSN with a death indicator, disclose 

Title II income information, and provide 

the disability indicator. 

5. For self-reported redeterminations, 

CMS will provide SSA with the 

following: Updated or new information 

reported by the enrollee or enrolled 

individual, last name, first name, date of 

birth, and SSN. Depending on CMS’ 

request, SSA’s response will include 

each of the following data elements that 

are relevant and responsive to CMS’ 

request: Last name, first name, date of 

birth, death indicator, disability 

indicator, prisoner information, Title II 

(annual and monthly) income 

information, and confirmation of new 

attestations of citizenship status, 

verification of SSN, and QC data. 

6. For individuals seeking an 

exemption, CMS will provide last name, 

first name, date of birth, citizenship 

indicator, and SSN to SSA. SSA will 

provide CMS with a response including: 

Last name, first name, date of birth, 

confirmation of attestations of 

citizenship status, verification of SSN, 

death indicator, disability indicator, 

prisoner information, and Title II 

(annual and monthly) income 

information. 

SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: 

The records used in this matching 

program are disclosed from the 

following systems of records, as 

authorized by routine uses published in 

the System of Records Notices (SORNs) 

cited below: 

CMS System of Records: 

b The CMS SOR that supports this 

matching program is the ‘‘CMS Health 

Insurance Exchanges System (HIX)’’, 

CMS System No. 09–70–0560, last 

published in full at 78 FR 63211 

(October 23, 2013), as amended at 83 FR 

6591 (February 14, 2018). 

SSA Systems of Records: 

b Master Files of SSN Holders and 

SSN Applications, 60–0058, 75 FR 

82121 (Dec. 29, 2010), as amended at 78 

FR 40542 (July 5, 2013), and 79 FR 8780 

(Feb. 13, 2014); 

b Prisoner Update Processing System 

(PUPS), 60–0269, 64 FR 11076 (Mar. 8, 

1999), as amended at 72 FR 69723 (Dec. 

10, 2007) and 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 

2013); 

b Master Beneficiary Record, 60– 

0090, 71 FR 1826 (Jan. 1, 2006), as 

amended at 72 FR 69723 (Dec. 10, 2007) 

and 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 2013); and 

b Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, 60–0059, 

71 FR 1819 (Jan. 11, 2006), as amended 

at 78 FR 40542 (July 5, 2013). 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

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Medicare and Medicaid Programs: 

National Dialysis Accreditation 

Commission (NDAC) for Approval of 

its End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) 

Facility Accreditation Program 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice with request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: This proposed notice 

acknowledges the receipt of an 

application from the National Dialysis 

Accreditation Commission (NDAC) for 

recognition as a national accrediting 

organization (AO) for End Stage Renal 

Disease (ESRD) Facilities that wish to 

participate in the Medicare or Medicaid 

programs. 

DATES: To be assured consideration, 

comments must be received at one of 

the addresses provided below, no later 

than 5 p.m. on September 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: In commenting, refer to file 

code CMS–3366–PN. Because of staff 

and resource limitations, we cannot 

accept comments by facsimile (FAX) 

transmission. 

Comments, including mass comment 

submissions, must be submitted in one 

of the following three ways (please 

choose only one of the ways listed): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments on this regulation 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

CMS–3366–PN, P.O. Box 8010, 

Baltimore, MD 21244–8010. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments to the 

following address ONLY: Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Attention: CMS–3366–PN, 

Mail Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

For information on viewing public 

comments, see the beginning of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara 

Lemons, (410) 786–3030, Monda 

Shaver, (410) 786–3410, or Marie 

Vasbinder, (410) 786–8665. 


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