{"database": "openregs", "table": "federal_register", "rows": [["05-22763", "Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New System of Records", "Notice", "In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing a new SOR titled, \"Medicare Premium Withhold System (PWS), No. 09-70-0552.\" On December 8, 2003, Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Public Law (Pub. L.) 108-173). Among other provisions, MMA allows Medicare payment to health plans for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D benefit. The Social Security Act (the Act) provides for four summary payment mechanisms: Risk adjusted, federal reinsurance subsidies, risk corridor payments, and subsidized coverage for qualified low-income individuals. In addition, there is a premium payable by each beneficiary for Part D coverage, as well as the pre-existing premium for Part C (now known as Medicare Advantage (MA)), created under Title II legislation. Beginning January 2006, MMA will provide enrollees in MA, and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MAPD) plans an option to have Part C and Part D premiums withheld from their monthly retirement annuities provided by the Social Security Administration (SSA), Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), or Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The Medicare Premium Withhold System is the system of record (SOR) for maintaining and managing Part C and Part D beneficiary premium payment amounts. For 2006, two external agencies, the SSA and the RRB, provide this monthly premium withholding through the PWS. The Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug System (MARx) notifies SSA and RRB of premium amounts to be withheld and applicable periods on a daily basis. PWS uses interfaces from MARx to track these premium withholding amounts as \"expected.\" PWS also uses interfaces with SSA and RRB to record the withheld premium amounts and periods they apply to as \"actual.\" The PWS notifies the appropriate MA and MAPD of all beneficiary withholdings and facilitates the payment of withheld premiums via the automated plan payment system (APPS) and the Financial Accounting System (FACS) for ultimate payment by the United States Treasury. The primary purpose of the SOR is to process a monthly premium withhold file from SSA and RRB, capture expected premium withholding amounts from MARx and compare them to actual withholding amounts, produce a reconciliation of the reported withholding amounts with amounts transferred via Governmental Payment and Collection (IPAC) files from SSA and RRB, and generate plan payment requests to APPS. Information in this system will also be disclosed to: (1) Support regulatory, reimbursement, and policy functions performed by a contractor or consultant contracted by the Agency; (2) support Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDP) and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans (MAPD) directly or through a CMS contractor for the administration of Title XVIII of the Act; (3) support another Federal or State agency, agency of a state government, an agency established by state law, or its fiscal agent; (4) support constituent requests made to a congressional representative; (5) support litigation involving the Agency, and (6) combat fraud 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.", "2005-11-17", 2005, 11, "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/11/17/05-22763/privacy-act-of-1974-report-of-new-system-of-records", "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2005-11-17/pdf/05-22763.pdf", "Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services", "221,45", "In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, we are proposing a new SOR titled, \"Medicare Premium Withhold System (PWS), No. 09-70-0552.\" On December 8, 2003, Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and...", null]], "columns": ["document_number", "title", "type", "abstract", "publication_date", "pub_year", "pub_month", "html_url", "pdf_url", "agency_names", "agency_ids", "excerpts", "regulation_id_numbers"], "primary_keys": ["document_number"], "primary_key_values": ["05-22763"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1535169798880816, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}