[Federal Register: September 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 189)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10146 and CMS-10147]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing
the following summary of proposed collections for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
1. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Notice of Denial of Medicare Prescription Drug
Coverage; Form No.: CMS-10146 (OMB 0938-NEW); Use: Pursuant to
42 CFR 423.568(c), if a Part D plan denies drug coverage, in whole or
in part, the Part D plan must give the enrollee written notice of the
coverage determination; Frequency: Other: Distribution; Affected
Public: Business or other for profit, Not-for-profit institutions;
Individuals or Households and Federal Government; Number of
Respondents: 450; Total Annual Responses: 1,056,000; Total Annual
Hours: 528,000.
2. Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection; Title of
Information Collection: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage and Your
Rights; Form No.: CMS-10147 (OMB 0938-NEW); Use: Pursuant to
42 CFR 423.562(a)(3), a Part D plan sponsor must arrange with its
network pharmacies to post or distribute notices informing enrollees to
contact their plan to request a coverage determination or an exception
if the enrollee disagrees with the information provided by the
pharmacy; Frequency: Other: Distribution; Affected Public: Business or
other for profit, Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or
Households and Federal Government; Number of Respondents: 41,000; Total
Annual Responses: 35,000,000; Total Annual Hours: 583,333.
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for these paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web site
address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/regulations/pra/, or e-mail your
request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS
document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, or call the Reports
Clearance Office on (410) 786-1326.
To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collections must be received by the OMB Desk
Officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on October 31, 2005.
OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, Attention: Christopher
Martin, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: September 23, 2005.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-19581 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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