CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES ISSUES NOTICE: PRIVACY ACT OF 1974; MATCHING PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a notice called: Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 6 by Barbara Demopulos, CMS Privacy Act Officer, Division of Security, Privacy Policy & Oversight, Information Security and Privacy Group, Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Summary: In accordance with subsection (e)(12) of 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 new matching program between CMS and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), "Verification of Eligibility for Insurance Affordability...