[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19775-19776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8464]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifier: CMS-10185, CMS-10261, and CMS-R-268]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; 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), 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; Use: 42 CFR part
423, Sec. 423.514, requires each part D Sponsor to have an effective
procedure to provide statistics indicating: the cost of its operations,
the patterns of utilization of its services, the availability,
accessibility, and acceptability of its services, information
demonstrating it has a fiscally sound operation and other matters as
required by CMS. In addition, subsection 423.505 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA),
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.
Data will be validated, analyzed, and utilized for trend reporting by
the Division of
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Clinical and Operational Performance (DCOP) within the Medicare Drug
Benefit Group. Form Number: CMS-10185 (OMB: 0938-0992);
Frequency: Yearly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually; Affected Public: Private
Sector, business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 2993;
Total Annual Responses: 48,490; Total Annual Hours: 128,754. (For
policy questions regarding this collection contact LaToyia Grant at
410-786-5434. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Part C Medicare
Advantage (MA) Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use:
CMS has authority to establish reporting requirements for Medicare
Advantage Organizations (MAO's) as described in 42 CFR 422.516(a). Each
MAO must have an effective procedure to develop, compile, evaluate, and
report to CMS, to its enrollees, and to the general public, at the
times and in the manner that CMS requires, and while safeguarding the
confidentiality of the doctor-patient relationship, statistics and
other information with respect to the cost of its operations, patterns
of service utilization, availability, accessibility, and acceptability
of its services, developments in the health status of its enrollees,
and other matters that CMS may require. Data collected via Medicare
Part C Reporting Requirements will be an integral resource for
oversight, monitoring, compliance and auditing activities necessary to
ensure quality provision of the benefits provided by MA plans to
enrollees. Form Number: CMS-10261 (OMB 0938-1054); Frequency:
Yearly, Quarterly; Affected Public: Business or other for-profits;
Number of Respondents: 588; Total Annual Responses: 1158; Total Annual
Hours: 245,528. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact
Terry Leid at 410-786-8973. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: CMS Survey Tool
for http://www.cms.gov and http://www.medicare.gov; Use: The purpose of
this submission is to continue to collect information from Internet
users as they exit from the Web sites Medicare.gov and CMS.gov. To
ensure that we gather information about user reactions to the Web
sites, we have developed a survey tool that users can complete when
they exit either site or by accessing a link on the bottom bar on the
page. The responses on this survey tool will help CMS to make
appropriate changes to the Web sites in the future. The survey tool
contains questions about the information that visitors are seeking from
the sites, the degree to which either site was useful to them, the
improvements that they would like to see in the sites, and their
general comments. Form Number: CMS-R-268 (OMB 0938-0756);
Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Individuals and households, Private
sector--Business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 7,000;
Total Annual Responses: 9,100; Total Annual Hours: 1,167. (For policy
questions regarding this collection contact Matthew Aiken at 410-786-
1029. 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 [email protected], 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 May 9, 2011: OMB,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk
Officer. Fax Number: (202) 395-6974. E-mail: [email protected].
Dated: April 1, 2011.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-8464 Filed 4-7-11; 8:45 am]
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