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Exhibit 300 (BY2010) for CMS Interoperability & Standardization - Provider Enrollment (PECOS)

PART ONE


OVERVIEW


1. Date of Submission:
2008-09-08
2. Agency:
009
3. Bureau:
38
4. Name of this Capital Asset:
CMS Interoperability & Standardization - Provider Enrollment (PECOS)
5. Unique Project Identifier:
009-38-01-02-01-1115-00
6. What kind of investment will this be in FY2010?
Mixed Life Cycle
7. What was the first budget year this investment was submitted to OMB?
FY2008
8. Provide a brief summary and justification for this investment, including a brief description of how this closes in part or in whole an identified agency performance gap.
This investment funds the PECOS, which is a national repository of all Medicare provider and supplier (p/s) enrollment data. PECOS standardizes the Medicare enrollment process. PECOS retains all information submitted by p/s and only requires updates to the initial enrollment data. The need for p/s practicing in multiple states or billing multiple MC to completely reenroll is eliminated. PECOS makes updating existing information easier, eliminates duplicate data entry and provides uniform data to the FFS claims systems. PECOS R7.0 will be expanded to include Medicaid enrollment. PECOS enables MC (Medicare Contractors) reviewing enrollment applications to determine if an applicant was previously enrolled in Medicare and to identify all of the applicant's affiliations. PECOS improves the accuracy of enrollment data and ensures that only qualified p/s are enrolled with Medicare. PECOS greatly reduces the amount of time needed to process provider enrollment applications. By offering a more complete picture of p/s business operations, PECOS helps to ensure Medicare works only with reputable business partners. As a national enrollment database, PECOS significantly enhances fraud and abuse prevention and enforcement activities since it allows CMS and enrollment MC to view all Medicare activity of a particular p/s. Fraud investigators have a complete national picture of a provider and its managers and owners, allowing them to check for patterns of fraud that cross providers and/or contractor jurisdictions. PECOS also identifies p/s who have been denied privileges, or are subject to revocations or exclusions. PMA: (1) Human Capital: PECOS is a citizen centric business model. P/S are able to manage their own enrollment activities with less dependency on MC. MC spend less time per enrollment activity. (2)Expanded E- Government: PECOS deploys an electronic tool for the p/s community to manage their Medicare enrollment information and reduces the reporting burden on the p/s community. Additionally, the tool reduces errors and ensures completeness of data. (3) Improved Financial Performance: PECOS reduces operational processing costs, increases auto-adjudication rates, and assists CMS in its efforts to reduce fraud and abuse. (4) Eliminate Improper Payment: PECOS improves accuracy of p/s enrollment data that is passed to the FFS claims service and used in the payment process. PECOS R7.0 will extend these benefits to the Medicaid community.
9. Did the Agency's Executive/Investment Committee approve this request?
yes
9.a. If "yes," what was the date of this approval?
2008-03-26
10. Did the Project Manager review this Exhibit?
yes
11.a. What is the current FAC-P/PM certification level of the project/program manager?
Waiver Issued
11.b. When was the Program/Project Manager Assigned?
2002-01-05
11.c. What date did the Program/Project Manager receive the FACP/PM certification? If the certification has not been issued, what is the anticipated date for certification?
2009-07-31
12. Has the agency developed and/or promoted cost effective, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable techniques or practices for this project.
no
12.a. Will this investment include electronic assets (including computers)?
yes
12.b. Is this investment for new construction or major retrofit of a Federal building or facility? (answer applicable to non-IT assets only)
no
13. Does this investment directly support one of the PMA initiatives?
yes
If yes, select the initiatives that apply:
Initiative Name
Eliminating Improper Payments
Expanded E-Government
Financial Performance
Human Capital
13.a. Briefly and specifically describe for each selected how this asset directly supports the identified initiative(s)? (e.g. If E-Gov is selected, is it an approved shared service provider or the managing partner?)
PECOS supports financial performance by enhancing fraud/abuse prevention, detection & enforcement activity prior to the provider's approval in the Medicare program & by helping to prevent erroneous payments by supplying enrollment information real-time to the claims systems. PECOS also supports the Expanded E-Government goal by improving provider/suppliers' participation & customer service. Using of the web, PECOS allows CMS to simplify the enrollment of providers and unifies information flows.
14. Does this investment support a program assessed using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)?
yes
14.a. If yes, does this investment address a weakness found during the PART review?
yes
14.b. If yes, what is the name of the PARTed program?
10001060 - Medicare
14.c. If yes, what rating did the PART receive?
Moderately Effective
15. Is this investment for information technology?
yes
16. What is the level of the IT Project (per CIO Council's PM Guidance)?
Level 3
17. What project management qualifications does the Project Manager have? (per CIO Council's PM Guidance)
(1) Project manager has been validated as qualified for this investment
18. Is this investment identified as high risk on the Q4 - FY 2007 agency high risk report (per OMB memorandum M-05-23)?
no
19. Is this a financial management system?
no
20. What is the percentage breakout for the total FY2009 funding request for the following? (This should total 100%)
AreaPercentage
Hardware0
Software1
Services80
Other19
21. If this project produces information dissemination products for the public, are these products published to the Internet in conformance with OMB Memorandum 05-04 and included in your agency inventory, schedules and priorities?
no
22. Contact information of individual responsible for privacy related questions.
NameMaribel Franey
Phone Number410-786-0757
TitleDirector, Privacy Compliance
EmailMaribel.Franey@cms.hhs.gov
23. Are the records produced by this investment appropriately scheduled with the National Archives and Records Administration's approval?
yes
24. Does this investment directly support one of the GAO High Risk Areas?
yes

SUMMARY OF SPEND


1. Provide the total estimated life-cycle cost for this investment by completing the following table. All amounts represent budget authority in millions, and are rounded to three decimal places. Federal personnel costs should be included only in the row designated Government FTE Cost, and should be excluded from the amounts shown for Planning, Full Acquisition, and Operation/Maintenance. The total estimated annual cost of the investment is the sum of costs for Planning, Full Acquisition, and Operation/Maintenance. For Federal buildings and facilities, life-cycle costs should include long term energy, environmental, decommissioning, and/or restoration costs. The costs associated with the entire life-cycle of the investment should be included in this report.

All amounts represent Budget Authority

Note: For the cross-agency investments, this table should include all funding (both managing partner and partner agencies).

Government FTE Costs should not be included as part of the TOTAL represented.
Cost TypePy-1 & Earlier
-2007
PY
2008
CY
2009
BY
2010
Planning Budgetary Resources0.0000.0000.0000.000
Acquisition Budgetary Resources0.0000.0000.0000.000
Maintenance Budgetary Resources8.8886.09016.21515.525
Government FTE Cost0.3400.6000.3710.393
# of FTEs4644
2. Will this project require the agency to hire additional FTE's?
no
3. If the summary of spending has changed from the FY2008 President's budget request, briefly explain those changes.
The current funding levels for this investment were developed through the CMS' annual CPIC process. The funding levels for PECOS do not equal the President's Budget because the CMS portfolio has been adjusted to reflect re-evaluated Agency priorities.

PERFORMANCE


In order to successfully address this area of the exhibit 300, performance goals must be provided for the agency and be linked to the annual performance plan. The investment must discuss the agency's mission and strategic goals, and performance measures (indicators) must be provided. These goals need to map to the gap in the agency's strategic goals and objectives this investment is designed to fill. They are the internal and external performance benefits this investment is expected to deliver to the agency (e.g., improve efficiency by 60 percent, increase citizen participation by 300 percent a year to achieve an overall citizen participation rate of 75 percent by FY 2xxx, etc.). The goals must be clearly measurable investment outcomes, and if applicable, investment outputs. They do not include the completion date of the module, milestones, or investment, or general goals, such as, significant, better, improved that do not have a quantitative measure.
Agencies must use the following table to report performance goals and measures for the major investment and use the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Performance Reference Model (PRM). Map all Measurement Indicators to the corresponding Measurement Area and Measurement Grouping identified in the PRM. There should be at least one Measurement Indicator for each of the four different Measurement Areas (for each fiscal year). The PRM is available at www.egov.gov. The table can be extended to include performance measures for years beyond FY 2009.
RowFiscal YearStrategic Goal SupportedMeasurement AreaMeasurement GroupingMeasurement IndicatorBaselinePlanned Improvement to the BaselineActual Results
12006S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider enrollment data housed in PECOS30%60%60%
22006Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercent system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods90%95%99
32006S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80%76%
42006S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Export Jobs completes successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)95%95%97.76%
52007S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider data housed in PECOS60%70%67.9%
62007Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercent system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods95%95%98.2%
72007S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80%66%
82007S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Export Jobs completes successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)95%95%95.09
92008S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider enrollment data housed in PECOS79%80%84.2%
102008Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercent system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods95%96%98.6%
112008S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80%76%
122008S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Export Jobs completes successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)95%96%91.72%
132009S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider enrollment data housed in PECOS80%90%TBD
142009Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercent system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods96%97%TBD
152009S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80%TBD
162009S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Export Jobs completes successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)96%97%TBD
172010S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider data housed in PECOS90%99%TBD
182010Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercent system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods97%98%TBD
192010S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80%TBD
202010S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Export Jobs completes successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)97%98%TBD
212011S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider data housed in PECOS95%99% 
222011Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercentage of system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods98%98.5% 
232011S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80% 
242011S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercentage of successful Claims Export availability98%98.5% 
252012S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider data housed in PECOS95%99% 
262012Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercentage of system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods98.5%99% 
272012S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80% 
282012S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Exprt Jobs complete successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)98.5%99% 
292013S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider data housed in PECOS95%99% 
302013Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercentage of system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 ays per week except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods99%99% 
312013S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80% 
322013S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Exprot Jobs completes successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)99%99% 
332014S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueMission and Business ResultsHealth Care AdministrationPercentage of Part A&B provider data housed in PECOS95%99% 
342014Effective Management of Human Capital/Information Technology/ResourcesTechnologyAvailabilityPercentage of system available to users between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm EST, 5 days per week, except during regularly scheduled maintenance periods99%99% 
352014S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueCustomer ResultsResponse TimePercentage of initial enrollment applications processed within 60 days80%80% 
362014S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and valueProcesses and ActivitiesTimelinessPercent of time FISS and MCS Claims Export Jobs completes successfully between 9 pm and 10 pm (Monday through Saturday)99%99% 

Enterprise Architecture


In order to successfully address this area of the business case and capital asset plan you must ensure the investment is included in the agency's EA and Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process, and is mapped to and supports the FEA. You must also ensure the business case demonstrates the relationship between the investment and the business, performance, data, services, application, and technology layers of the agency's EA.
1. Is this investment included in your agency's target enterprise architecture?
yes
2. Is this investment included in the agency's EA Transition Strategy?
yes
2.a. If yes, provide the investment name as identified in the Transition Strategy provided in the agency's most recent annual EA Assessment.
CMS Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In order to provide HHS more detail and insight into our investments, last year's major initiative was split out into a separate investment.
3. Is this investment identified in a completed (contains a target architecture) and approved segment architecture?
no
4. Identify the service components funded by this major IT investment (e.g., knowledge management, content management, customer relationship management, etc.). Provide this information in the format of the following table. For detailed guidance regarding components, please refer to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/.

Component: Use existing SRM Components or identify as NEW. A NEW component is one not already identified as a service component in the FEA SRM.

Reused Name and UPI: A reused component is one being funded by another investment, but being used by this investment. Rather than answer yes or no, identify the reused service component funded by the other investment and identify the other investment using the Unique Project Identifier (UPI) code from the OMB Ex 300 or Ex 53 submission.

Internal or External Reuse?: Internal reuse is within an agency. For example, one agency within a department is reusing a service component provided by another agency within the same department. External reuse is one agency within a department reusing a service component provided by another agency in another department. A good example of this is an E-Gov initiative service being reused by multiple organizations across the federal government.

Funding Percentage: Please provide the percentage of the BY requested funding amount used for each service component listed in the table. If external, provide the funding level transferred to another agency to pay for the service.
RowAgency Component NameAgency Component DescriptionService TypeComponentReused Component NameReused UPIInternal or External Reuse?Funding %
1PECOS Data Warehouse ServicesDefines the set of capabilities that support the archiving and storage of large volumes of data.Data ManagementData Warehouse  No Reuse96
2PECOS Data Exchange ServicesDefines the set of capabilities that support the interchange of information between multiple systems or applications; includes verification that transmitted data was received unaltered.Data ManagementData Exchange  No Reuse1
3PECOS Data Classification ServicesDefines the set of capabilities that allow the classification of data.Data ManagementData Classification  No Reuse1
4PECOS Loading and Archiving ServicesDefines the set of capabilities that support the population of a data source with external data.Data ManagementLoading and Archiving  No Reuse1
5PECOS Access Control ServicesAccess Control - Support the management of permissions for logging onto a computer, application, service, or network; includes user management and role/privilege management.Security ManagementAccess Control  No Reuse1
5. To demonstrate how this major IT investment aligns with the FEA Technical Reference Model (TRM), please list the Service Areas, Categories, Standards, and Service Specifications supporting this IT investment.

FEA SRM Component: Service Components identified in the previous question should be entered in this column. Please enter multiple rows for FEA SRM Components supported by multiple TRM Service Specifications.

Service Specification: In the Service Specification field, Agencies should provide information on the specified technical standard or vendor product mapped to the FEA TRM Service Standard, including model or version numbers, as appropriate.
RowSRM Component>Service AreaService CategoryService StandardService Specification (i.e., vendor and product name)
1Data WarehouseService Platform and InfrastructureDatabase / StorageDatabaseIBM DB2 by: International Business Machines Corp.
2Data ExchangeComponent FrameworkData InterchangeData ExchangeConnect:Direct by: Sterling Commerce
3Data ExchangeService Interface and IntegrationIntegrationEnterprise Application IntegrationConnect:Direct by: Sterling Commerce
4Data ClassificationComponent FrameworkData ManagementReporting and AnalysisCrystal Reports by: SAP AG
5Loading and ArchivingService Interface and IntegrationIntegrationMiddlewareSybase EAServer by: Sybase Inc.
6Loading and ArchivingService Interface and IntegrationIntegrationMiddlewareDB2 Connector by: International Business Machines Corp.
7Access ControlComponent FrameworkData InterchangeData ExchangeConnect:Direct by: Sterling Commerce
6. Will the application leverage existing components and/or applications across the Government (i.e., FirstGov, Pay.Gov, etc)?
no

PART TWO


RISK


You should perform a risk assessment during the early planning and initial concept phase of the investment's life-cycle, develop a risk-adjusted life-cycle cost estimate and a plan to eliminate, mitigate or manage risk, and be actively managing risk throughout the investment's life-cycle.

Answer the following questions to describe how you are managing investment risks.
1. Does the investment have a Risk Management Plan?
yes
1.a. If yes, what is the date of the plan?
2008-06-08
1.b. Has the Risk Management Plan been significantly changed since last year's submission to OMB?
no
3. Briefly describe how investment risks are reflected in the life cycle cost estimate and investment schedule:
Program risk management is an ongoing part of project management on the PECOS program. We have a very robust risk management capability in place that requires monthly meetings with active participation spanning all aspects of the PECOS program. A list of risks is maintained and reviewed each month by Project Manager and development team. The systems integrator and CMS actively work together to identify, manage and track risks that could adversely impact the program. Costs associated with the risk capability are captured in individual task orders and included in the cost estimated throughout the lifecycle of PECOS. Schedule and cost risks are continously monitored and mitigated through our established processes. In some cases, scope and/or schedule must be adjusted to avert cost overruns. Risks associated with added functionality to PECOS are assessed and mitigation and/or contingency plans are developed as necessary. Risks relative to government mandates are managed within existing risk management processes. Risks are reported to all business partners and stakeholders. Risks are identified as to their impact to the release work schedule including the critical path and the budget. The Risk Management Plan is reviewed at the beginning of each release. Initial costs for the PECOS investment were analyzed as part of the project business case. These costs are reviewed yearly and any necessary adjustments are made to account for funding discrepancies. Funding is also aligned and updated as appropriate based upon operational budgets as established by the department. Any risk identified in the PECOS Risk Management plan will be mapped back to the performance measurement baseline to ensure they have been sufficiently addressed.

COST & SCHEDULE


1. Does the earned value management system meet the criteria in ANSI/EIA Standard 748?
yes
2. Is the CV% or SV% greater than ± 10%?
yes
2.a. If yes, was it the?
SV
2.b. If yes, explain the variance.
Currently the Budget At Completion (Planned Costs) in ProSight is $16.215 million, but the FY09 budget has this project receiving only $6.090 million. The Actual % Completed is based on FY08 funding the first three months of FY09. The Actual Invoiced amount through December 1, 2009, is $1,468,842, which is 91.9% of the amount on the current contract is $1,598,008. Since this number is compared to the Planned Invoice, which represents three months out of twelve months (25%), there is a variance. Contract modifications have not been completed to apply FY09 money; that will be taking place shortly, and should correct both issues. Milestone 29, FY08 Release 7.0 One Stop Shop Combined Medicare & Medicaid Enrollment, is being implemented in a different manner. Currently the contract is being modified to account for a different execution strategy. It will be recommended that this Milestone be broken into two Milestones, re-baselined, and tracked separately. Currently the Statement of Work is being prepared and in the next month the contract should be modified to account for the different execution strategy. Background: In the April/May 2008 timeframe it was determined that the current execution strategy was not going to be successful. From April through December 2008, CMS/OFM worked with CMS/CMSO to come up with a different execution strategy that accomplishes the same goal. The Contractor was given guidance in August 2008 and a Technical Direction Letter in September 2008 indicating it should only work on the tasks associated directly with incorporating the DME suppliers into PECOS and with updating the PECOS architecture. This guidance caused spending to slow down, work schedules to change, and contributed to the positive cost variance.
2.c. If yes, what corrective actions are being taken?
This investment will be re-baselined with the FY 2011 budget cycle review.
3. Has the investment re-baselined during the past fiscal year?
yes
3.a. If yes, when was it approved by the agency head?
2008-07-03