[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25429]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Administration; Single-Source Cooperative Agreement
Award; Announcing the Award a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to
the Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab (APL) and School of
Public Health, To Support the Development of a Human Services National
Interoperable Architecture
AGENCY: Office of Information Services, OA, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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CFDA Number: 93.647.
Legislative Authority: This award will be made pursuant to the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) [Pub. L. 111-148] and
the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 [Pub. L.
111-204].
Amount of Award: $1,500,000.
Project Period: September 17, 2010 through September 16, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Administration (OA), Office of Information Services (OIS) announces the
award of a single-source cooperative agreement to the Johns Hopkins
University (JHU), Applied Physics Lab (APL) and School of Public
Health, in Baltimore, MD, to support the development of a Human
Services National Interoperable Architecture. Under the award, APL will
develop an architectural framework that will be used as a model to
facilitate State and local agencies in information exchanges among
eligibility and verification services that are developed by the HHS/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the requirements
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
To address issues related to implementation of the ACA and the
Improper Payments and Recovery Act of 2010, the Administration has
directed Agencies to begin to design and execute plans related to the
legislation. Under ACA, CMS has been directed to create a technical
solution that enables health-related eligibility and enrollment
functions and to ensure that the human services agencies can use the
solutions for human services eligibility and verification
determination. Under the Improper Payments and Recovery Act of 2010,
Agencies must design and begin the execution of plans to eliminate
improper payments and fraud.
JHU will create the development of a conceptual information
technology architecture with ACF/Office of Information Services. The
project will produce a solution that supports information exchanges and
interoperability that will lead to reductions in improper payments as a
preventative step in the program integrity process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Jenkins, Federal Project
Officer, Office of Administration, Office of Information Services,
Administration for Children and Families, 901 D Street, SW., 3rd Floor
West, Washington, DC 20047; E-mail: [email protected];
Telephone: (202) 690-5802.
Dated: October 1, 2010.
Michael Curtis,
Director, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2010-25429 Filed 10-7-10; 8:45 am]
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