Recovery of Improper Payments and Debts. Not applicable, because data from the Marketplace matching programs are not currently used to identify and recover improper payments and debts. Matching Program Structure The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law No. 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law No. 111-152 (ACA) requires that each state develop secure electronic interfaces for the exchange of data under a matching program using a single application form for determining eligibility for all state health subsidy programs. CMS has entered into matching agreements with the following federal source agencies: 1) Social Security Administration (SSA), 2) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 3) Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 4) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 5) Department of Defense (DoD), 6) Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and 7) the Peace Corps. In addition, CMS has developed a matching program that is executed with every state AE, including state Medicaid and CHIP agencies and State-based Marketplaces. CMS designed the Federal Data Services Hub (Hub) to be a centralized platform for the secure electronic interface that connects all AEs and trusted data sources. Without the Hub, each State AE would be required to enter into a separate arrangement with each federal agency to determine whether applicants for state health subsidy programs are eligible for coverage. If the match operations were conducted through separate arrangements outside of the Hub, the costs to CMS, the source federal agencies, the AEs, and consumers (applicants) would be significantly greater than under the current structure. Background assumptions CMS has made the following assumptions in developing this CBA: • The ACA does not expressly mandate the use of computer matching, but effectively requires it by requiring a single streamlined application process for consumers. Because matching must be conducted to provide the single, streamlined application process Congress required (i.e., is not optional), this CBA does not evaluate whether the matching programs should be conducted versus not conducted, but rather it evaluates whether the matching programs are efficiently structured and conducted, and whether the current structure is less costly than an alternative structure. • Eight matching programs are currently operational. CMS receives data from seven source federal agencies (IRS, DHS, SSA, OPM, Peace Corps, VHA, and DoD) under separate CMAs. Under an eighth CMA, CMS makes the data from those seven source federal agencies, as well as CMS data regarding Medicare enrollment, available to state AEs; in addition, the eighth CMA makes state Medicaid and CHIP enrollment data available to CMS. The seven source federal agencies, CMS, and the state AEs are collectively known as the trusted data sources (TDSs). All data from the TDSs are accessed by CMS and by state AEs via the Hub platform, rather than via direct access from any AE to any TDS. • Any alternative, non-Hub structure that could be used instead of the current Hub structure would require many more than eight CMAs, as well as many more system interconnections and data transmissions between agencies. • For a subset of the TDSs, CMS incurs a cost as the recipient agency. The cost of each data transaction is estimated based on a prior year’s matching program budget and the estimated number of data transactions occurring that year. • In addition to the TDSs themselves, additional entities are necessary to provide support services to the Hub. CMS therefore incurs external costs in the hiring, maintenance, and associated costs of contractors to perform numerous functions related to the Hub. In addition, costs are incurred for identity proofing of applicants, troubleshooting, procedure writing, and maintenance support. • CMS has internal costs related to the funding of CMS federal staff and associated resources to complete processes and responsibilities related to the Hub and the matching programs. • The benefit of these matching programs is to consumers who apply for and obtain health coverage. The private benefit to them is improved health care delivery and the expected value of the coverage (whether through private insurance, Medicaid, CHIP or a Basic Health Plan). • Regarding the Recovery of Improper Payments and Debts (Key Element 4), CMS is not currently utilizing the data match result from the matching programs for payment and debt reconciliations; however, the benefit of the match does provide the potential to implement this capability in the future.
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Samples: Computer Matching Agreement, Computer Matching Agreement
Recovery of Improper Payments and Debts. Not applicable, because data from the Marketplace matching programs are not currently used to identify and recover improper payments and debts. Matching Program Structure Structure The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law No. 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law No. 111-152 (ACA) requires that each state develop secure electronic interfaces for the exchange of data under a matching program using a single application form for determining eligibility for all state health subsidy programs. CMS has entered into matching agreements with the following federal source agencies: 1) Social Security Administration (SSA), 2) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 3) Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 4) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 5) Department of Defense (DoD), 6) Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and 7) the Peace Corps. In addition, CMS has developed a matching program that is executed with every state AE, including state Medicaid and CHIP agencies and State-based Marketplaces. CMS designed the Federal Data Services Hub (Hub) to be a centralized platform for the secure electronic interface that connects all AEs and trusted data sources. Without the Hub, each State AE would be required to enter into a separate arrangement with each federal agency to determine whether applicants for state health subsidy programs are eligible for coverage. If the match operations were conducted through separate arrangements outside of the Hub, the costs to CMS, the source federal agencies, the AEs, and consumers (applicants) would be significantly greater than under the current structure. Background assumptions assumptions CMS has made the following assumptions in developing this CBA: • The ACA does not expressly mandate the use of computer matching, but effectively requires it by requiring a single streamlined application process for consumers. Because matching must be conducted to provide the single, streamlined application process Congress required (i.e., is not optional), this CBA does not evaluate whether the matching programs should be conducted versus not conducted, but rather it evaluates whether the matching programs are efficiently structured and conducted, and whether the current structure is less costly than an alternative structure. • Eight matching programs are currently operational. CMS receives data from seven source federal agencies (IRS, DHS, SSA, OPM, Peace Corps, VHA, and DoD) under separate CMAs. Under an eighth CMA, CMS makes the data from those seven source federal agencies, as well as CMS data regarding Medicare enrollment, available to state AEs; in addition, the eighth CMA makes state Medicaid and CHIP enrollment data available to CMS. The seven source federal agencies, CMS, and the state AEs are collectively known as the trusted data sources (TDSs). All data from the TDSs are accessed by CMS and by state AEs via the Hub platform, rather than via direct access from any AE to any TDS. • Any alternative, non-Hub structure that could be used instead of the current Hub structure would require many more than eight CMAs, as well as many more system interconnections and data transmissions between agencies. • For a subset of the TDSs, CMS incurs a cost as the recipient agency. The cost of each data transaction is estimated based on a prior year’s matching program budget and the estimated number of data transactions occurring that year. • In addition to the TDSs themselves, additional entities are necessary to provide support services to the Hub. CMS therefore incurs external costs in the hiring, maintenance, and associated costs of contractors to perform numerous functions related to the Hub. In addition, costs are incurred for identity proofing of applicants, troubleshooting, procedure writing, and maintenance support. • CMS has internal costs related to the funding of CMS federal staff and associated resources to complete processes and responsibilities related to the Hub and the matching programs. • The benefit of these matching programs is to consumers who apply for and obtain health coverage. The private benefit to them is improved health care delivery and the expected value of the coverage (whether through private insurance, Medicaid, CHIP or a Basic Health Plan). • Regarding the Recovery of Improper Payments and Debts (Key Element 4), CMS is not currently utilizing the data match result from the matching programs for payment and debt reconciliations; however, the benefit of the match does provide the potential to implement this capability in the future.
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Samples: Computer Matching Agreement
Recovery of Improper Payments and Debts. Not applicable, because data from the Marketplace matching programs are not currently used to identify and recover improper payments and debts. Matching Program Structure The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law No. 111-148, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law No. 111-152 (ACA) requires that each state develop secure electronic interfaces for the exchange of data under a matching program using a single application form for determining eligibility for all state health subsidy programs. CMS has entered into matching agreements with the following federal source agencies: 1) Social Security Administration (SSA), 2) Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 3) Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 4) Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 5) Department of Defense (DoD), 6) Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and 7) the Peace Corps. In addition, CMS has developed a matching program that is executed with every state AE, including state Medicaid and CHIP agencies and State-based Marketplaces. CMS designed the Federal Data Services Hub (Hub) to be a centralized platform for the secure electronic interface that connects all AEs and trusted data sources. Without the Hub, each State AE would be required to enter into a separate arrangement with each federal agency to determine whether applicants for state health subsidy programs are eligible for coverage. If the match operations were conducted through separate arrangements outside of the Hub, the costs to CMS, the source federal agencies, the AEs, and consumers (applicants) would be significantly greater than under the current structure. Background assumptions CMS has made the following assumptions in developing this CBA: • The ACA does not expressly mandate the use of computer matching, but effectively requires it by requiring a single streamlined application process for consumers. Because matching must be conducted to provide the single, streamlined application process Congress required (i.e., is not optional), this CBA does not evaluate whether the matching programs should be conducted versus not conducted, but rather it evaluates whether the matching programs are efficiently structured and conducted, and whether the current structure is less costly than an alternative structure. • Eight matching programs are currently operational. CMS receives data from seven source federal agencies (IRS, DHS, SSA, OPM, Peace Corps, VHA, and DoD) under separate CMAs. Under an eighth CMA, CMS makes the data from those seven source federal agencies, as well as CMS data regarding Medicare enrollment, available to state AEs; in addition, the eighth CMA makes state Medicaid and CHIP enrollment data available to CMS. The seven source federal agencies, CMS, and the state AEs are collectively known as the trusted data sources (TDSs). All data from the TDSs are accessed by CMS and by state AEs via the Hub platform, rather than via direct access from any AE to any TDS. • Any alternative, non-Hub structure that could be used instead of the current Hub structure would require many more than eight CMAs, as well as many more system interconnections and data transmissions between agencies. • For a subset of the TDSs, CMS incurs a cost as the recipient agency. The cost of each data transaction is estimated based on a prior year’s matching program budget and the estimated number of data transactions occurring that year. • In addition to the TDSs themselves, additional entities are necessary to provide support services to the Hub. CMS therefore incurs external costs in the hiring, maintenance, and associated costs of contractors to perform numerous functions related to the Hub. In addition, costs are incurred for identity proofing of applicants, troubleshooting, procedure writing, and maintenance support. • CMS has internal costs related to the funding of CMS federal staff and associated resources to complete processes and responsibilities related to the Hub and the matching programs. • The benefit of these matching programs is to consumers who apply for and obtain health coverage. The private benefit to them is improved health care delivery and the expected value of the coverage (whether through private insurance, Medicaid, CHIP or a Basic Health Plan). • Regarding the Recovery of Improper Payments and Debts (Key Element 4), CMS is not currently utilizing the data match result from the matching programs for payment and debt reconciliations; however, the benefit of the match does provide the potential to implement this capability in the future.
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Samples: Computer Matching Agreement
