[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10231-10232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5244]
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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); Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research.
ACTION: Annual Publication of Revisions to HHS 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 the 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) the 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: February 19, 1998.
John M. Eisenberg,
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
09-35-0004
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR/
OFQEHC and CMER
09-35-0002
SYSTEM NAME:
National Medical Expenditure Survey, HHS/AHCPR/CGHSIR.
Minor changes have been made to this system notice. The following
categories are hereby revised:
SYSTEM NAME:
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey (MEPS) and National Medical Expenditure Survey 2 (NMES 2),
HHS/AHCPR/CCFS
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Center for Cost and
Financing Studies, Executive Office Center, Suite 500, 2101 East
Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852. (MEPS and NMES 2 records
are located here.)
Social and Scientific Systems, 7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1300,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814. (MEPS and NMES 2 records are located here.)
Westat, Inc., 1650 Research Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
(MEPS records only are located here.)
NORC, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637. (MEPS records
only are located here.)
Bureau of the Census, FOB-3, 3442/3, Washington, DC 20232. (MEPS
records only are located here.)
STORAGE:
File folders, magnetic tapes and CD-ROM.
SYSTEM MANAGER(s) AND ADDRESS:
Team Leader, Data Collection, CCFS/AHCPR, Executive Office Center,
Suite 501, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
09-35-0004
SYSTEM NAME:
Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR/OFQEHC
and CMER.
Minor changes have been made to this system notice. The following
categories are hereby revised:
SYSTEM NAME:
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Medical Treatment
Effectiveness Program (MEDTEP), HHS/AHCPR/CCFS and COER.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Copies of the medical records on paper are located at: Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research Center for Cost and Financing Studies,
Cost Effectiveness Analysis Research Team, Executive Officer Center,
Suite 500, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Abstracted computerized records that contain the diagnosis and
procedures are located at the following:
Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and
Strategy, Office of Computer Operations, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850
National Institutes of Health, Division of Computer Research and
Technology, Building 12A, Room 4037, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda,
Maryland 20852
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Parklawn Computer Center (PCC), 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland
20857
Inactive records and medical records for Medicare Accuracy Studies
are located at the Federal Records Center, 100 Dan Fox Driver,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts 01201.
A list of contractors currently working with portions of the
records is available by writing to the System Manager at the address
below: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Center for Cost and
Financing Studies, Cost Effectiveness Analysis Research Team, Suite
500, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Safeguards:
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; or the AHCPR
contractor computers and offices. Access is by password known only to
authorized users who are AHCPR CCFS and Center for Outcomes and
Effectiveness Research (COER) staff or contractors or their employees
responsible for the conduct of authorized research, and who are
authorized to use the data.
2. Physical Safeguards: Access to computer systems where data are
stored electronically is restricted by the Policy Coordinating Official
to individuals with special identification codes and accounts. The data
set names are know only to those individuals with a need to known for
authorized research. Hard copy of records are stored in locked rooms
within locked areas monitored by AHCPR staff and building security
guards. Access by key to locked store rooms is available only to
research staff directly assigned to the studies or to administrative
personnel in the presence of responsible research staff. Access to area
around locked rooms is restricted to AHCPR staff and authorized
personnel responsible for the physical aspects of records management
including moving records when necessary. 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.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Project Officer, Pediatric Gastroentritis Research Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research Center for Outcomes and 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 Outcomes and 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 Outcomes and 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 Outcomes and 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 Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Suite 605,
2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone 301-
594-1485.
[FR Doc. 98-5244 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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