10450 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 39 / Wednesday, February 27, 2008 / Notices 

Bank & Trust Company, all of Kansas 

City, Kansas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 21, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–3651 Filed 2–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Privacy Act of 1974; Deletion of an 

Existing System of Records 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

ACTION: Notice to delete an existing CMS 

system of records (SOR). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

CMS is deleting an existing system of 

records titled the ‘‘Privacy 

Accountability Database (PAD),’’ CMS 

System No. 09–70–0540, established at 

67 FR 62482 (October 7, 2002). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: The deletion will be 

effective on February 11, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The public should address 

comments to: CMS Privacy Officer, 

Division of Privacy Compliance, 

Enterprise Architecture and Strategy 

Group, Office of Information Services, 

CMS, Room N2–04–27, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850. The telephone number is (410) 

786–5357. Comments received will be 

available for review at this location, by 

appointment, during regular business 

hours, Monday through Friday from 

9 a.m.–3 p.m., Eastern Time zone. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PAD 

as a Privacy Act system of records is 

being deleted because the database that 

supported this collection is obsolete and 

is no longer active. CMS will continue 

to track disclosures and will provide the 

necessary tracking, reporting, and 

accounting of disclosures to be in 

compliance with the Privacy Act of 

1974 and the Health Insurance 

Portability and Accountability Act of 

1996. 

Dated: February 20, 2008. 

Charlene Frizzera, 

Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services. 

[FR Doc. 08–873 Filed 2–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of a New 

System of Records 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

ACTION: Notice of a New System of 

Records (SOR). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

we are proposing to establish a new 

system of records titled, ‘‘Medicare 

Administrative Issue Tracker and 

Reporting of Operations (MAISTRO) 

System,’’ System No. 09–70–0598. The 

purpose of the system is to capture and 

track casework/inquiries pertaining to 

Medicare Part A and Part B programs. 

The system will also provide a 

mechanism for recording data on a 

national level and will serve as a tool to 

leverage in performing analysis 

including identification of systemic 

trends. MAISTRO will record, track and 

monitor beneficiary and provider level 

inquiries & complaints. The system will 

contain information needed to research 

the inquiries, such as a beneficiary’s 

health insurance claim number (HICN) 

or a Provider Identification Number 

(NPI). 

The primary purpose of the system is 

to collect and maintain information 

needed to provide a mechanism for 

CMS’ central and regional office to 

capture, track, manage, report and trend 

inquiries, complaints and issues related 

to Fee-for-Service (FFS) programs. 

Information maintained in this system 

will also be disclosed to: (1) Support 

regulatory, reimbursement, and policy 

functions performed within the Agency 

or by a contractor, consultant or CMS 

grantee; (2) assist another Federal or 

state agency, agency of a state 

government, an agency established by 

state law, or its fiscal agent; (3) facilitate 

research on the quality and effectiveness 

of care provided, as well as 

epidemiological projects; (4) support 

litigation involving the Agency; and (5) 

combat fraud, waste, and abuse in 

certain health benefits programs. We 

have provided background information 

about the modified system in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. Although the Privacy Act 

requires only that CMS provide an 

opportunity for interested persons to 

comment on the proposed routine uses, 

CMS invites comments on all portions 

of this notice. See EFFECTIVE DATES

section for comment period. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: CMS filed a new 

system report with the Chair of the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Chair of the 

Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, and 

the Administrator, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) on 

2/11/2008. In any event, we will not 

disclose any information under a 

routine use until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register or 

40 days after mailings to Congress, 

which ever is later. We may defer 

implementation of this system or on one 

or more of the routine uses listed below 

if we receive comments that persuade us 

to defer implementation. 

ADDRESSES: The public should address 

comments to: CMS Privacy Officer, 

Division of Privacy Compliance, 

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy 

Group, Office of Information Services, 

CMS, Mail Stop N2–04–27, 7500 

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. Comments 

received will be available for review at 

this location, by appointment, during 

regular business hours, Monday through 

Friday from 9 a.m.–3 p.m., eastern time 

zone. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Livingston, Division of 

Ombudsman Casework and Trends 

Management, Medicare Ombudsman 

Group, Office of External Affairs, CMS, 

7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop S1–

20–21, Baltimore, Maryland 21244–

1850. The telephone number is 410–

786–6340 or contact 

Michele.Livingston@cms.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CMS 

Consortium for Financial Management 

and Fee for Service Operations 

(CFMFFSO) is responsible for handling 

casework/inquiries, but not limited to: 

(1) Coverage and payment policy; (2) 

audit and reimbursement policy and 

operations; (3) program integrity and 

medical review policy; (4) Medicare 

secondary payer and coordination of 

benefits; (5) claims-related hearings, 

appeals and grievances; (6) beneficiary 

eligibility, enrollment, entitlement, 

rights and protections, premium billing 

and collection; and (7) dispute 

resolution processes to assure the 

effective administration of the Medicare 

program. These types of inquiries 

number in the tens of thousands 

annually across the 10 CMS Regional 

Offices. 

The Office of the Medicare 

Ombudsman was established as a result 

of Section 923 of the Medicare 


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