[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23264-23265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9258]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier CMS-10185 and CMS-10429]


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 a currently

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approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Medicare Part D 
Reporting Requirements and Supporting Regulations; Use: Title I of 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 is an integral resource for oversight, monitoring, 
compliance and auditing activities necessary to ensure quality 
provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit to beneficiaries. 
The data collected will be validated, analyzed, and utilized for trend 
reporting.
    The revisions for the CY2013 include the removal, addition or both 
of data elements for the Prompt Payment by Part D Sponsors, Grievances, 
Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Compliance Programs, and Plan Oversight of 
Agents reporting sections; however, these changes resulted in no 
changes to the burden for these sections. In addition, we added data 
elements and revised data elements for the Medication Therapy 
Management Programs and the Coverage Determinations and Exceptions 
reporting sections, which resulted in an increase in burden hours for 
both sections. Lastly, we removed the following reporting sections and 
decreased burden estimates associated with these sections because these 
data are no longer necessary for monitoring through these reporting 
requirements: Access to Extended Day Supplies at Retail Pharmacies; and 
Pharmacy Support of E-prescribing. Form Number: CMS-10185 (OCN: 0938-
0992); Frequency: Yearly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually; Affected Public: 
Private Sector, business or other for-profit; Number of Respondents: 
3,180; Total Annual Responses: 48,152; Total Annual Hours: 76,240. (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: New collection (Request 
for a new OMB Control Number). Title of Information Collection: Surveys 
of Physicians and Home Health Agencies to Assess Access Issues for 
Specific Medicare Beneficiaries as Defined in Section 3131(d) of the 
ACA. Use: This collection is part of a study called for under section 
3131(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The 
study is focused on two major issues: (1) Supporting CMS' efforts to 
improve payment accuracy and (2) understanding issues of access for the 
ACA populations under the existing home health prospective payment 
system. The study team's analytic plan focuses on understanding payment 
accuracy for the specific study populations through claims and cost 
data analyses, which will reflect payments and costs for patients who 
have gained access to home health care. In order to understand access 
issues for the ACA defined populations, the study team proposes using 
survey instruments to better understand the characteristics of Medicare 
beneficiaries who are not able to gain access to or have experienced 
delays in gaining access to home health services.
    As a new collection, the information collected is expected to 
support CMS' efforts to improve the home health prospective payment 
system payment accuracy for vulnerable populations and thereby ensure 
the payment system does not inadvertently cause avoidable access 
problems. The questions are designed to provide insights into access 
issues for vulnerable populations that cannot be learned through 
analyses of administrative data. Form Number: CMS-10429 (OCN: 0938-
New); Frequency: Once. Affected Public: Private Sector (business or 
other for-profit and not-for-profit institutions). Number of 
Respondents: 875. Total Annual Responses: 292. Total Annual Hours: 73. 
(For policy questions regarding this collection contact Kristy Chu at 
410-786-8953. 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 Email 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.
    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 June 18, 2012:
    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------,
Room C4-26-05,
7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.

    Dated: April 12, 2012.
Martique Jones,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Division B, Office of 
Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-9258 Filed 4-17-12; 8:45 am]
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