[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 57745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23801]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-R-246 and CMS-10147]


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 
Advantage, Medicare Part D and Medicare Fee For Service Consumer 
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey. Use: CMS has 
fielded the MA Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems 
(CAHPS) Survey annually since 1998, the Medicare FFS CAHPS Survey 
annually since 2000, and the MA DP and Stand Alone PDP CAHPS survey 
annually since 2006. The Medicare CAHPS is a national survey of health 
and prescription drug plans conducted at the contract level for MA, MA 
PD and Stand Alone PDP plans and at the state level for Medicare fee-
for-service. Medicare CAHPS provides data to permit preparation of plan 
performance measures to assist Medicare beneficiaries in their 
selection of a health plan, prescription drug plan or both, and help 
policymakers and others assist the Medicare program and Medicare plans 
design and monitor patient-centered quality improvement initiatives. 
The 2009 Call letter for MA and MA PD plans requires these plans to 
contract with private vendors from a list selected by CMS to conduct 
the 2011 Medicare CAHPS survey for their plan at the contract level and 
provide the collected data to CMS for analyses and preparation of CAHPS 
measures for use in consumer and plan reports and for quality 
improvement purposes for MA, MA PD, and Stand Alone PDP plans. CMS will 
continue to collect the Medicare FFS CAHPS data from surveys at the 
state and some sub-state levels. This revision to a currently approved 
collection is to add questions focusing on care coordination. Form 
Number: CMS-R-246 (OCN: 0938-0732) Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: 
Private Sector--Business or other For-profits; Number of Respondents: 
598,200; Number of Responses: 598,200; Total Annual Hours: 216,555. 
(For policy questions regarding this collection, contact Sarah Gaillot 
at 410-786-4637. For all other issues call (410) 786-1326.)
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of a currently 
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Standardized 
Pharmacy Notice: Your Prescription Cannot be Filled (f/k/a Medicare 
Prescription Drug Coverage and Your Rights) Use: This is a request for 
approval of changes to a currently approved collection under 42 CFR 
423.562(a)(3). This regulatory provision has recently been modified to 
eliminate the previously available option of posting the standardized 
notice at the pharmacy. Revised 423.562(a)(3) and an associated 
regulatory provision at Sec.  423.128(b)(7)(iii) require the pharmacy 
to provide the Part D enrollee with a printed copy of this standardized 
notice if the prescription cannot be filled.
    The purpose of this notice is to provide enrollees with information 
about how to contact their Part D plans to request a coverage 
determination, including a request for an exception to the Part D 
plan's formulary. The notice reminds enrollees about certain rights and 
protections related to their Medicare prescription drug benefits, 
including the right to receive a written explanation from the drug plan 
about why a prescription drug is not covered. A Part D plan sponsor's 
network pharmacies are in the best position to notify enrollees about 
how to contact their Part D plan if the prescription cannot be filled.
    As noted in a final rule published April 15, 2011 (76 FR 21432), 
the option of posting this notice at the pharmacy has been eliminated. 
If a prescription cannot be filled, the pharmacy must provide the 
enrollee with a printed copy of this notice. Form Number: CMS-10147 
(OCN: 0938-0975) Frequency: Yearly; Affected Public: Private Sector--
Business or other For-profits; Number of Respondents: 42,000; Number of 
Responses: 37,087,402; Total Annual Hours: 617,876. (For policy 
questions regarding this collection, contact Kathryn McCann Smith at 
410-786-7623. 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 October 17, 2011: 
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 
Officer. Fax Number: (202) 395-6974. E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: September 13, 2011.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division B, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2011-23801 Filed 9-15-11; 8:45 am]
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