[Federal Register: June 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 107)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10050 and CMS-10174]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.
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) 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 functions; (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 the
currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: New
Enrollee Survey; Use: The New Enrollee survey was developed to gather
information from newly enrolled Medicare beneficiaries about their
Medicare knowledge and needs. CMS is seeking understanding about what
types of information new enrollees need and what they know about
Medicare. Included in the survey are questions regarding how well
informed new enrollees are about Medicare and what information they
have received about the Medicare program. Information gathered in this
survey will be used only for purposes of targeting and improving
communications with newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Form Number:
CMS-10050 (OMB: 0938-0869); Frequency: Reporting--Quarterly;
Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Number of Respondents:
1200; Total Annual Responses: 1200; Total Annual Hours: 300. (For
policy questions regarding this collection contact Renee Clark at 410-
786-0006. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of the
currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
Collection of Drug Event Data From Contracted Part D Providers For
Payment; Use: In December 2003, Congress enacted the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 referred
to as the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). The Medicare Prescription
Drug Benefit program (Part D) was established by section 101 of the MMA
and is codified in section 1860D-1 through 1860 D-41 of the Social
Security Act. Effective January 1, 2006, the Part D program establishes
an optional prescription drug benefit for individuals who are entitled
to Medicare Part A and/or enrolled in Part B. Part D plans have
flexibility in terms of benefit design. This flexibility includes, but
is not limited to, authority to establish a formulary that limits
coverage to specific drugs within each therapeutic class of drugs, and
the ability to have a cost-sharing structure other than the statutorily
defined structure (subject to certain actuarial tests). Coverage under
the new prescription drug benefit is provided predominately through
private at-risk prescription drug plans that offer drug-only coverage
(PDPs), Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that offer integrated
prescription drug and health care coverage (MA-PD plans) or Cost Plans
that offer prescription drug benefits.
The transmission of the data will be in an electronic format. The
information users will be Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM), third party
administrators and pharmacies and the PDPs, MA-PDs, Fallbacks and other
plans that offer coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the
Medicare Part D benefit to Medicare beneficiaries. The data is used
primarily for payment, and is used for claim validation as well as for
other legislated functions such as quality monitoring, program
integrity and oversight. Form Number: CMS-10174 (OMB: 0938-
0982); Frequency: Reporting--Monthly; Affected Public: Business or
other for-profits and Not-for-profit institutions; Number of
Respondents: 747; Total Annual Responses: 947,881,770; Total Annual
Hours: 1896. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Bobbie Knickman at 410-786-4161. 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 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.
In commenting on the proposed information collections please
reference the document identifier or OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and recommendations must be submitted in one of
the following ways by August 4, 2009:
1. Electronically. You may submit your comments electronically to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number (CMS-10078), Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Dated: May 28, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
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