title: Privacy Act of 1974; report of altered systems--HCFA. Notice of the global addition of three new routine uses to designated HCFA systems of records.
abstract: HCFA is adding three additional routine uses to the Systems of Records specified in Appendix A. These routine uses will permit HCFA to disclose individual-specific information for the purpose of combating fraud or abuse in the health benefit programs administered by HCFA and for other compatible purposes. These new routine uses will permit HCFA to make disclosures as follows: (1) To a HCFA contractor, including but not necessarily limited to fiscal intermediaries and carriers under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, to administer some aspect of a HCFA-administered health benefits program, or to a grantee of a HCFA-administered grant program, which program is or could be affected by fraud or abuse, for the purpose of preventing, deterring, discovering, detecting, investigating, examining, prosecuting, suing with respect to, defending against, correcting, remedying, or otherwise combating such fraud or abuse in such program; (2) To another Federal agency or to an instrumentality of any governmental jurisdiction within or under the control of the United States, including any state or local government agency, for the purpose of preventing, deterring, discovering, detecting, investigating, examining, prosecuting, suing with respect to, defending against, correcting, remedying, or otherwise combating fraud or abuse in a health benefits program funded in whole or in part by Federal funds; and, (3) To any entity that makes payment for or oversees the administration of health care services, for the purpose of preventing, deterring, discovering, detecting, investigating, examining, prosecuting, suing with respect to, defending against, correcting, remedying, or otherwise combating fraud or abuse against such entity or the program or services administered by such entity, subject to certain conditions.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States