Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 42307-42308 [E9-20127]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 161 / Friday, August 21, 2009 / Notices ($156,615,480 and $12,421,344, respectively)15 in associated labor cost. Willard Tom General Counsel. [FR Doc. E9–20141 Filed 8–20–09: 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6750–01–S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION A. Purpose NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000–0080] Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review; Integrity of Unit Prices AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of reinstatement request for an information collection requirement regarding an existing OMB clearance. Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to reinstate a previously approved information collection requirement concerning Integrity of Unit Prices. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary; whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Submit comments on or before September 21, 2009. ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: 15 These figures correct mathematical errors that appeared in the related preceding Federal Register notice. 74 FR at 18712. VerDate Nov<24>2008 20:17 Aug 20, 2009 20503 and a copy to the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward Chambers, Procurement Analyst, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501–3221 or e-mail Edward.chambers@gsa.gov. Jkt 217001 FAR 15.408(f) and the clause at FAR 52.215–14, Integrity of Unit Prices, require offerors and contractors under Federal contracts that are to be awarded without adequate price competition to identify in their proposals those supplies which they will not manufacture or to which they will not contribute significant value. The policies included in the FAR are required by section 501 of Public Law 98–577 (for the civilian agencies) and section 927 of Public Law 99–500 (for DOD and NASA). The rule contains no reporting requirements on contracts with commercial items. B. Annual Reporting Burden Respondents: 1,000. Responses per Respondent: 10. Annual Responses: 10,000. Hours per Response: 1 hour. Total Burden Hours: 10,000. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F St., NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0080, Integrity of Unit Prices. Dated: August 14, 2009. Al Matera, Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. [FR Doc. E9–20174 Filed 8–20–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifier: CMS–10174, CMS– 10287 and CMS–R–305] 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 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 42307 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 the currently approved collection. Title of Information Collection: Collection of Drug Event Data From Contracted Part D Providers for Payment. Use: In December 2003, Congress enacted the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 referred to as the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit program (Part D) was established by section 101 of the MMA and is codified in section 1860D–1 through 1860 D–41 of the Social Security Act. Effective January 1, 2006, the Part D program establishes an optional prescription drug benefit for individuals who are entitled to Medicare Part A and/or enrolled in Part B. Part D plans have flexibility in terms of benefit design. This flexibility includes, but is not limited to, authority to establish a formulary that limits coverage to specific drugs within each therapeutic class of drugs, and the ability to have a cost-sharing structure other than the statutorily defined structure (subject to certain actuarial tests). Coverage under the new prescription drug benefit is provided predominately through private at-risk prescription drug plans that offer drug-only coverage (PDPs), Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that offer integrated prescription drug and health care coverage (MA–PD plans) or through Cost Plans that offer prescription drug benefits. The transmission of the data will be in an electronic format. The information users will be Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM), third party administrators and pharmacies and the PDPs, MA–PDs, Fallbacks and other plans that offer coverage of outpatient E:\FR\FM\21AUN1.SGM 21AUN1 srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES 42308 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 161 / Friday, August 21, 2009 / Notices prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D benefit to Medicare beneficiaries. The data is used primarily for payment, and is used for claim validation as well as for other legislated functions such as quality monitoring, program integrity and oversight. Form Number: CMS–10174 (OMB#: 0938–0982). Frequency: Reporting—Monthly. Affected Public: Business or other forprofits and not-for-profit institutions. Number of Respondents: 747. Total Annual Responses: 947,881,770. Total Annual Hours: 1896. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Bobbie Knickman at 410–786–4161. For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection. Title of Information Collection: Medicare Quality of Care Complaint Form. Use: In accordance with Section 1154(a)(14) of the Social Security Act, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are required to conduct appropriate reviews of all written complaints submitted by beneficiaries concerning the quality of care received. The Medicare Quality of Care Complaint Form will be used by Medicare beneficiaries to submit quality of care complaints. This form will establish a standard form for all beneficiaries to utilize and ensure pertinent information is obtained by QIOs to effectively process these complaints. Form Number: CMS–10287 (OMB#: 0938–New). Frequency: Reporting—on occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Number of Respondents: 3,500. Total Annual Responses: 3,500. Total Annual Hours: 583. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Tom Kessler at 410– 786–1991. For all other issues call 410– 786–1326.) 3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Title of Information Collection: External Quality Review Protocols. Use: The results of Medicare reviews, Medicare accreditation services, and Medicaid external quality reviews will be used by States in assessing the quality of care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries by managed care organizations and to provide information on the quality of care provided to the general public upon request. Form Number: CMS–R–305 (OMB#: 0938–0786). Frequency: Reporting—Yearly. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:22 Aug 20, 2009 Jkt 217001 Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments. Number of Respondents: 40. Total Annual Responses: 40. Total Annual Hours: 520,000. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Gary B. Jackson at 410–786–1218. 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 https://www.cms.hhs.gov/ PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, 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 September 21, 2009: OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395– 6974, E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. Dated: August 14, 2009. Michelle Shortt, Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs. [FR Doc. E9–20127 Filed 8–20–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4120–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifier: CMS–10198] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: Extension without change of a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS On-Line Form and Instructions; Use: Most entities that currently provide prescription drug benefits to any Medicare Part D eligible individual must disclose to the CMS whether the prescription drug benefit that they offer is creditable. The disclosure is required to be provided annually and upon any change that affects whether the coverage is creditable prescription drug coverage. CMS released a Disclosure to CMS Guidance Paper and a disclosure to CMS notification on-line form in January 2006. Section 1860D–1 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and implementing regulations at 42 CFR 423.56 requires that entities that offer prescription drug benefits under any of the types of coverage described in 42 CFR 423.56(b) provide a disclosure of creditable coverage to CMS informing us whether such coverage meets the actuarial requirements specified in guidelines provided by CMS. Form Number: CMS–10198 (OMB#: 0938– 1013); Frequency: Reporting—Yearly and Semi-annually; Affected Public: Federal Government, Business or other for-profits and not-for-profit institutions, and State, Local, or Tribal Governments; Number of Respondents: 87,500; Total Annual Responses: 87,500; Total Annual Hours: 7,291.7. (For policy questions regarding this collection contact James Mayhew at 410–786–9244. 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 at https://www.cms.hhs.gov/ PaperworkReductionActof1995, or Email your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, 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, E:\FR\FM\21AUN1.SGM 21AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

[Document Identifier: CMS-10174, CMS-10287 and CMS-R-305]


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 
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 the 
currently approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Collection of Drug Event Data From 
Contracted Part D Providers for Payment.
    Use: In December 2003, Congress enacted the Medicare Prescription 
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 referred to as the 
Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). The Medicare Prescription Drug 
Benefit program (Part D) was established by section 101 of the MMA and 
is codified in section 1860D-1 through 1860 D-41 of the Social Security 
Act. Effective January 1, 2006, the Part D program establishes an 
optional prescription drug benefit for individuals who are entitled to 
Medicare Part A and/or enrolled in Part B. Part D plans have 
flexibility in terms of benefit design. This flexibility includes, but 
is not limited to, authority to establish a formulary that limits 
coverage to specific drugs within each therapeutic class of drugs, and 
the ability to have a cost-sharing structure other than the statutorily 
defined structure (subject to certain actuarial tests). Coverage under 
the new prescription drug benefit is provided predominately through 
private at-risk prescription drug plans that offer drug-only coverage 
(PDPs), Medicare Advantage (MA) plans that offer integrated 
prescription drug and health care coverage (MA-PD plans) or through 
Cost Plans that offer prescription drug benefits.
    The transmission of the data will be in an electronic format. The 
information users will be Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM), third party 
administrators and pharmacies and the PDPs, MA-PDs, Fallbacks and other 
plans that offer coverage of outpatient

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prescription drugs under the Medicare Part D benefit to Medicare 
beneficiaries. The data is used primarily for payment, and is used for 
claim validation as well as for other legislated functions such as 
quality monitoring, program integrity and oversight.
    Form Number: CMS-10174 (OMB: 0938-0982).
    Frequency: Reporting--Monthly.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 747.
    Total Annual Responses: 947,881,770.
    Total Annual Hours: 1896.
    (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Bobbie 
Knickman at 410-786-4161. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    2. Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Medicare Quality of Care Complaint 
Form.
    Use: In accordance with Section 1154(a)(14) of the Social Security 
Act, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are required to conduct 
appropriate reviews of all written complaints submitted by 
beneficiaries concerning the quality of care received. The Medicare 
Quality of Care Complaint Form will be used by Medicare beneficiaries 
to submit quality of care complaints. This form will establish a 
standard form for all beneficiaries to utilize and ensure pertinent 
information is obtained by QIOs to effectively process these 
complaints.
    Form Number: CMS-10287 (OMB: 0938-New).
    Frequency: Reporting--on occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 3,500.
    Total Annual Responses: 3,500.
    Total Annual Hours: 583.
    (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Tom Kessler 
at 410-786-1991. For all other issues call 410-786-1326.)
    3. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: External Quality Review Protocols.
    Use: The results of Medicare reviews, Medicare accreditation 
services, and Medicaid external quality reviews will be used by States 
in assessing the quality of care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries by 
managed care organizations and to provide information on the quality of 
care provided to the general public upon request.
    Form Number: CMS-R-305 (OMB: 0938-0786).
    Frequency: Reporting--Yearly.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Total Annual Responses: 40.
    Total Annual Hours: 520,000.
    (For policy questions regarding this collection contact Gary B. 
Jackson at 410-786-1218. 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 https://www.cms.hhs.gov/PaperworkReductionActof1995, or 
E-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, 
and CMS document identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, 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 September 21, 
2009:

OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: CMS Desk 
Officer, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: August 14, 2009.
Michelle Shortt,
Director, Regulations Development Group, Office of Strategic Operations 
and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. E9-20127 Filed 8-20-09; 8:45 am]
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