27040 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 107 / Friday, June 5, 2009 / Notices 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office 

of Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–4718. 

Dated: May 28, 2009. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–12970 Filed 6–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10050 and CMS– 

10174] 

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 the currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: New Enrollee 

Survey; Use: The New Enrollee survey 

was developed to gather information 

from newly enrolled Medicare 

beneficiaries about their Medicare 

knowledge and needs. CMS is seeking 

understanding about what types of 

information new enrollees need and 

what they know about Medicare. 

Included in the survey are questions 

regarding how well informed new 

enrollees are about Medicare and what 

information they have received about 

the Medicare program. Information 

gathered in this survey will be used 

only for purposes of targeting and 

improving communications with newly 

eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Form 

Number: CMS–10050 (OMB#: 0938– 

0869); Frequency: Reporting—Quarterly; 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households; Number of Respondents: 

1200; Total Annual Responses: 1200; 

Total Annual Hours: 300. (For policy 

questions regarding this collection 

contact Renee Clark at 410–786–0006. 

For all other issues call 410–786–1326.) 

2. 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 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 

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 Notfor-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.) 

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 

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. 

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 August 4, 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 (CMS–10078), Room 

C4–26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. 

Dated: May 28, 2009. 

Michelle Shortt, 

Director, Regulations Development Group, 

Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–13150 Filed 6–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10133, CMS– 

10279, CMS–250–254, CMS–10277, CMS– 

10157 and CMS–10273] 

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 


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