[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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