Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 2009 / Notices 3051 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–8003, CMS– 

10185 and CMS–10164] 

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 

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 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Home and 

Community Based Waiver Requests and 

Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 

440.180 and 441.300–310; Use: Under a 

Secretarial waiver, States may offer a 

wide array of home and communitybased services to individuals who 

would otherwise require 

institutionalization. States requesting a 

waiver must provide certain assurances, 

documentation and cost and utilization 

estimates which are reviewed, approved 

and maintained for the purpose of 

identifying/verifying States’ compliance 

with such statutory and regulatory 

requirements. CMS has recently revised 

this data collection tool, as well as the 

methodology by which the data is 

collected. Form Number: CMS–8003 

(OMB # 0938–0449); Frequency: 

Annually; Affected Public: State, Local 

or Tribal Governments; Number of 

Respondents: 49; Total Annual 

Responses: 71; Total Annual Hours: 

9,059. 

2. 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, 

§ 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. Refer to the ‘‘Crosswalk 

of Changes between the CY2009 and 

CY2010 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: 343,976; Total 

Annual Hours: 154,610. 

3. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Electronic Data 

Interchange (EDI Enrollment Form and 

Medicare EDI Registration Form; Form 

No.: CMS–10164 (OMB # 0938–983); 

Use: Federal law requires that CMS take 

precautions to minimize the security 

risk to Federal information systems. 

Accordingly, CMS is requiring that 

trading partners who wish to conduct 

the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 

transactions provide certain assurances 

as a condition of receiving access to the 

Medicare system for the purpose of 

conducting EDI exchanges. Health care 

providers, clearinghouses, and health 

plans that wish to access the Medicare 

system are required to complete this 

form. The information will be used to 

assure that those entities that access the 

Medicare system are aware of applicable 

provisions and penalties; Frequency: 

Recordkeeping and Reporting—Other 

(one-time only); Affected Public: 

Business or other for-profit, not-forprofit institutions; Number of 

Respondents: 240,000; Total Annual 

Responses: 240,000; Total Annual 

Hours: 80,000. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS’ Web Site 

at http://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, 

comments and recommendations must 

be submitted in one of the following 

ways by March 17, 2009: 

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 llll, Room C4–26– 

05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–3210–N] 

Medicare Program; Meeting of the 

Medicare Evidence Development & 

Coverage Advisory Committee—March 

18, 2009 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that a 

public meeting of the Medicare 

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