[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 98 (Friday, May 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24013-24014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11939]


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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 [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 June 22, 2009: 
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: [email protected].

    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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