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PARIS SPAAs Community,

The Department of Treasury Do Not Pay (DNP) Program has acknowledged a processing issue in the interstate match. At this point, we ask that you discontinue the processing of the previously received file from October 21, 2024. 

We would like to notify our state partners that DNP will be correcting and re-transmitting the October interstate match files to your DNP folder on Friday, October 25, 2024. 

We appreciate PARIS SPAAs who reported issues with their files and want to assure everyone that we are working to timely address these concerns. Thank you for your patience.

Please direct general PARIS questions to PARIS@acf.hhs.gov.

Questions regarding the match file and the DNP server should be directed to Kelsey Cheng via email to PARIS.Technical.Support@stls.frb.org with cc: to the PARIS@acf.hhs.gov.

The next PARIS match is scheduled for Monday, December 2, 2024. 

PARIS Member States

We're reaching out to inform you that the upcoming PARIS match date, currently September 30th, is being pushed back one week to Monday, October 7th. States have shared the need for additional time to participate in the upcoming match. This is being done allow states to sign the necessary forms and provide states additional time to submit their PARIS file for the upcoming match. States have also requested time to coordinate logistics within their state to obtain a final agreement. We ask that states please submit their PARIS file to the Bureau of Fiscal Service DNP by COB October 7th.

Please do not contact DMDC regarding the PARIS match. 

If you have any questions about this change, please contact the PARIS administrator at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.

Paris Member States

The PARIS Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Service, State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs), and the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is ready for signature. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/paris/training-technical-assistance/paris-transmittal-2024-12-paris-matching-agreement-2024

We are reaching out to SPAA’s who have completed their SFTP connection to share that you can transmit your September 2024 PARIS file via your states SPAA SFTP connection. 

Please submit only the active beneficiaries as a part of your September 2024 file so we have the most up-to-date information.

As a reminder, refer to this link of instructions to follow to perform your file upload.  https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/paris/PARIS_opi_electronic_file_transmission_instructions_Website.pdf (PDF)

Additionally, the PARIS Technical Support mailbox (paris.technical.support@stls.frb.org) and (PARIS@acf.hhs.gov) to let us know it was transmitted including state, and the row count total.

Paris Member States

The PARIS Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Service, State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs), and the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is ready for signature. 

In order for SPAAs to voluntarily participate in the matches SPAAs must establish an SFTP connection with Department of Treasury’s BFS OPI connection form. For the form please contact the PARIS office. Each SPAA must establish an SFTP connection with OPI to send data to and receive matched results.  

If you have established connection to OPI Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and submitted an agreement confirmed by ACF PARIS, State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs) can submit an active match file. Please use the following link and confirm the steps within. 

1.      The SPAA must have a valid signed PARIS OPI 2024 -2025 agreement (PDF) on file with ACF/PARIS.

2.      An authorized representative of the SPAA must fill and sign the SPAA portion of the renewal agreement.

              Please use (Insert Link by Name Here) (PDF).    

3.        Send the signed agreement, to PARIS at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.

4.        Submit your active file to OPI DNP. Use the following instructions for submission.   

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/paris/PARIS_opi_electronic_file_transmission_instructions.pdf

*Notice*  ACF provides OPI a list of the SPAAs with current signed MOUs prior to the match. State without an active agreement will be excluded from match. For this PARIS match please only include your currently active file. OPI has informed us this match will be returned within 30 days. *Notice*

Additional
This matching program provides SPAAs with interstate matching to confirm duplication of benefits state wide and in determining public assistance clients’ eligibility for benefits under the Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and general assistance programs. 

States seeking to learn how to better leverage the ’PARIS Match’ may reach out to the PARIS Board of Directors

 

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

The next match date for the PARIS match will be Monday, September 30, 2024. 

All states who have completed their documentation with the PARIS office will be notified further by ACF PARIS on which day to start submission of the file. 

States who have not submitted their documentation to ACF PARIS will not be able to participate in the upcoming match.  There are states currently processing to get notification that they are ready to transmit their match file. We ask that states send their currently active file for matching. 

If your state needs to confirm that they are participating, please contact the PARIS office at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.

Currently there is no further update with DMDC. Do not submit your file to DMDC; please submit your file to the Treasury Do Not Pay Program.

 

Paris Member States

The PARIS Computer Matching Agreement (CMA) between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), State Public Assistance Agencies (SPAAs), and the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), which will expire on September 25, 2024, has been approved for a 12 month renewal for one additional year to September 25, 2025. 

In order for SPAAs to voluntarily participate in the matches that will occur between this 12-month period VA data under the PARIS Veterans Match CMA:

1.      The SPAA must have a valid signed VA 2024 -2025 agreement (PDF) on file with ACF/PARIS.

2.      An authorized representative of the SPAA must fill and sign the SPAA portion of the renewal agreement. Please see page 8 of the  PARIS VA CMA 2024-SPAA Signature (PDF) (PDF) .

We ask that states send the signed agreement, as well as any questions, to PARIS at PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV.

Summary
This matching program provides SPAAs with VA compensation and pension data to use in determining public assistance clients’ eligibility for benefits under the Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and general assistance programs, and can be use in helping relevant veterans to better understand similar benefits available through the VA which may be better alternatives for them.

States seeking to learn how to better leverage the Veterans Match may reach out to the PARIS Board of Directors 

DMDC is not accepting the August 2024 submission files for that match quarter. The computer matching agreement between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS/ACF) and the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) is not signed. Please do not contact DMDC for the agreement OR to find out if your state can submit the match file. 

Since DMDC is not accepting the file, the hold is still in effect. ACF PARIS will notify you when the agreement is ready for signature. Also, check the PARIS website for updates regarding the match agreement and date. 

If you have any questions, please email HHS/ACF PARIS email: PARIS@acf.hhs.gov. Please ensure you POC information on PARIS site is updated.   

PARIS Member States

Every year PARIS submits a short high level blurb on its payment integrity efforts as part the HHS Agency Fiscal Report. In recent years we have used a few diligent states in participation. We are now asking for state data samples for Fiscal Year 2023 PARIS reporting from states. What we are looking for is;

  1. Summarized information on cost savings/avoidance from PARIS over the last year.
    • This time period can be flexible as long the data range provided is shared in your response.
  2. Some supporting documentation for values given (i.e. a simple cost breakdown chart, etc.)
    • Some States generally use the numbers from their annual reports.
    • It does not have to be elaborate.  Values may have already been provided as you have worked through your monthly reports or annual reporting.

Please ensure your individual response is sent to the PARIS mailbox. Include your state in the subject line before submitting. Below is a sample of our submitted blurb, so that you have an idea of the level of detail we require.

Submit by: August 24th COB to PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV 

If you need assistance or have questions for this request please contact your regional Board POC https://www.acf.hhs.gov/paris/map/paris-board-region-assistance

Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) Prior Samples:

  • The state of  () Department of Health and Human Services reports its usage of the PARIS Interstate match resulted in $8.7 million in annualized cost avoidance for FY 2021.
  • The state of  () Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance reports it used PARIS to close or remove active clients from 10,486 public assistance cases for projected cost savings of $58.5 million between April 2021 and March 2022. 
  • The state of  () Health Care Authority’s Veterans PARIS Program reports it had approximately $26.83 million in Medicaid cost savings from cessation of managed care premium payments and reduction in fee-for-service claims due to Third Party Liability discovery from PARIS data matches between July 2021 and June 2022

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

ACF maintains the state contact webpage for PARIS data matches and will be completing an annual update of state contacts.  ACF is requesting that state public assistant agencies (SPAAs) confirm their contact information. The pages that will be included are the State Administrative Representatives’ and the Interstate contacts for verifications of the PARIS match.

Links:

 

  1. What is the purpose of the state administrative contact page?

These representatives are only contacted as an escalation after and if interstate verification and match information is not accurate or responsive. These requests should be sent to PARIS SAC for assistance and should not include PII in the initial contact. SAC will provide follow up details.

  1. What is the purpose of the state interstate contact page?

The state interstate match contact page is where states find contact points when seeking verification of matches and other state-to-state level questions. 

Submit your updates by emailing conformation to PARIS@ACF.HHS.GOV

PARIS MEMBER STATES:

The computer matching agreement with the Department of Defense expired April 8, 2024. There will be no Federal match data released for the May quarterly match until the agreement is signed by DMDC. The new computer matching agreement has not been approved and signed by both DoD and Data Integrity Boards. Additionally, a notice of the agreement must be posted in the Federal Register. Once posted, another transmittal will go to state POCs with information for renewal signatures resuming state participation in the PARIS match. We ask that states hold off on submission of match file until notified.:

DMDC will return notice to states a similar message to below message if files are sent to DMDC. 

  • All SPAAs accounts have been suspended until the computer matching agreement between DOD and HHS/ACF is finalized.  Once the CMA is signed your access will be activated again. HHS/ACF will provide additional guidance and update.