[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10185 and CMS-10141]
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
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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: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Part D
Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations under 42 CFR 423.505;
Form Number: CMS-10185 (OMB: 0938-0992); Use: Title I, Part
423, Sec. 423.514 describes CMS' regulatory authority to establish
requirements for Part D sponsors. It is noted that each Part D plan
sponsor must have an effective procedure to develop, compile, evaluate,
and report to CMS, its enrollees, and the general public, at the times
and in the manner that CMS requires, statistics in the following areas:
(1) The cost of its operations; (2) The availability of utilization of
its services; (3) The availability, accessibility; and acceptability of
its services; (4) Information demonstrating that the Part D plan
sponsor has a fiscally sound operation; and (5) other matters that CMS
may require. Subsection 423.505 of the Medicare Prescription Drug
Modernization and Modernization Act establishes as a contract provision
that Part D Sponsors must comply with the reporting requirements for
submitting drug claims and related information to CMS. Data collected
via Medicare Part D Reporting Requirements will be an integral resource
for oversight, monitoring, compliance and auditing activities necessary
to ensure quality provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
to beneficiaries. Please see the supporting documentation, ``Revisions
to 2nd Draft of CY 2010 Part D Reporting Requirements'' document to
view a list of current changes. Frequency: Reporting--yearly, quarterly
and semi-annually; Affected Public: Business or other for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 4,526; Total Annual Responses: 380,184; Total
Annual Hours: 157,450. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Alice Lee-Martin at 410-786-4578. For all other issues call
410-786-1103.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare
Prescription Drug Benefit Plan Program: Use: Part D plans use the
information discussed to comply with the eligibility and associated
Part D participating requirements. CMS will use this information to
approve contract applications, monitor compliance with contract
requirements, make proper payment to plans, and to ensure that correct
information is disclosed to enrollees, both potential and current
enrollees. Form Number: CMS-10141 (OMB: 0938-0964); Frequency:
Reporting--quarterly, semi-annually and yearly; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits and Individuals or households; Number of
Respondents: 19,937,772; Total Annual Responses: 38,152,764; Total
Annual Hours: 34,730,676. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Eugenia Mattison-Gibson at 410-786-2564. For all
other issues call 410-786-1326.)
To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, access CMS Web
site address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, 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 June 22, 2009:
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: May 15, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-11939 Filed 5-21-09; 8:45 am]
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