[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-28115]
[Federal Register: December 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Privacy Act of 1974; Annual Publication of Systems of Records
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Public Health
Service (PHS); Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR).
Action: Annual Publication of Revisions to PHS Privacy Act System
Notices.
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Summary: The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) is
publishing this notice in accordance with Office of Management and
Budget Circular No. A-130, Appendix I, ``Federal Agency
Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' which
requires that agencies review each system of records annually and
publish any minor changes in the Federal Register.
The AHCPR has completed the annual review of its systems of records
and is publishing below (1) a table of contents which lists all active
systems of records in AHCPR, and (2) those minor changes which an
individual needs to know to obtain his or her records, such as changes
in the system location of records or the address of system managers.
Dated: November 4, 1994.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
Table of Contents
09-35-0001 Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Grants
Information and Tracking System with Contracts Component (GIAnT),
HHS/AHCPR/OM.
09-35-0002 National Medical Expenditure Survey, HHS/AHCPR/CGHSIR.
09-35-0003 AIDS Cost and Service Utilization Survey (ACSUS), HHS/
AHCPR/CGHSER.
09-35-0004 Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP)
Research, HHS/AHCPR.
09-35-0004
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Medical Treatment
Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR.
Minor changes have been made to this system notice. The following
categories are hereby revised:
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Medical Treatment
Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR/OFQEHC and CMER.
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Office of the Forum for the
Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care (OFQEHC), Cost Analysis and
Evaluation Research Team, Suite 310, 6000 Executive Boulevard,
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and
Strategy (BDMS), Office of Computer Operations, 6325 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
National Institutes of Health, Division of Computer Research and
Technology (DCRT), Building 12A, Room 4037, 9000 Rockville Pike,
Bethesda, Maryland 20852
Public Health Service, Parklawn Computer Center (PCC), Rockville,
Maryland 20857
Inactive records will be stored at Washington National Records
Center, Room 125, 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, Maryland 20409. Medical
records for Medicare Accuracy Studies are located at the Federal
Records Center, 100 Dan Fox Drive, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201.
A current list of contractors is available by writing to the System
Manager at the address below: Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, Office of the Forum for the Quality and Effectiveness in
Health Care (OFQEHC), Cost Analysis and Evaluation Research Team, Suite
310, 6000 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
1. Authorized users: These records will be maintained at the
following sites: The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
computer in Baltimore, Maryland; the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) DCRT mainframe computer in Bethesda, Maryland; the PHS Parklawn
Computer Center (PCC) in Rockville, Maryland; or the AHCPR contractor
computers. Access is by password known only to authorized users who are
AHCPR OFQEHC and Center for Medical Effectiveness Research (CMER) staff
or contractors or their employees responsible for the conduct of
authorized research, and who are authorized access to these data.
2. Physical safeguards: Access to computer systems where data are
stored electronically is restricted to individuals with special
identification codes and accounts. The data set names are known only to
those individuals with a need to know for authorized research. Inactive
records in hard copy or on magnetic media are stored at the Federal
Records Storage Facility with Records Management approval and with the
safeguards and security provided by the facility. Rooms where records
are stored are double locked when not in use. During regular business
hours, rooms are unlocked but access is controlled by on-site
personnel.
3. Procedural and technical safeguards: Approval for access and use
of the HCFA, NIH, PCC, and AHCPR contractors mainframe computers is
required prior to issuing user ID and account. A password is required
to access the terminal and a data set name controls the release of data
only to authorized users. All users of confidential information in
connection with the performance of their research (see Authorized
Users, above) protect information from public view and from
unauthorized personnel entering an unsupervised office. Records
maintained at the Federal Records Storage Facility cannot be released
without adhering to proper procedure and only to authorized individuals
in AHCPR OFQEHC and CMER.
The AHCPR staff monitors contractor compliance with the provisions
of the Privacy Act, as well as compliance with the confidentiality
protection in 42 U.S.C. 229a-1(c). Contractor system security must be
commensurate with the use and sensitivity of the records.
After completion of the proposed studies, AHCPR OFQEHC and CMER
staff and contractors will retire hard copy records and/or records on
magnetic media to a Federal Records Center. The AHCPR contractors will
delete all records from their computer systems upon completion of the
specified studies and retain no copies of any of these records. Records
may be retired to a Federal Records Center and subsequently disposed of
in accordance with the AHCPR Records Disposition Schedule. The records
disposition schedule and disposal standard for these records may be
obtained by writing to the system manager at the address below.
Policy-Coordinating Official
Director, Cost Analysis and Evaluation Research Team, Office of the
Forum for the Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care, Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research, Suite 310, 6000 Executive Boulevard,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 594-4015
Director, Cost Analysis and Evaluation Research Team, Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research, Office of the Forum for the Quality and
Effectiveness in Health Care, Suite 310, 6000 Executive Boulevard,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone (301) 594-4015
Project Officer, Pediatric Gastroenteritis Research, Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research, Center for Medical Effectiveness Research,
Suite 605, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852,
Telephone (301) 594-1485
Project Officer, C-Section Research, Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, Center for Medical Effectiveness Research, Suite 605, 2101
East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone (301) 594-
1485
Project Officer, Schizophrenia Research, Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research, Center for Medical Effectiveness Research, Suite 605,
2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone (301)
594-1485
Project Officer, Low Birth Weight Research, Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research, Center for Medical Effectiveness Research, Suite
605, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone
(301) 594-1485
Project Officer, Stroke Research, Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, Center for Medical Effectiveness Research, Suite 605, 2101
East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone (301) 594-
1485
Project Officer, Guidelines Evaluation Contracts, Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research, Office of Program Development, Suite 603,
2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone (301)
594-1455.
[FR Doc. 94-28115 Filed 12-27-94; 8:45 am]
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