CMS-10185.Summary of Revisions- 30Day Comments for Part D RR_07282011

Final Revisions to CY2012 Part D Reporting Requirements

18 organizations submitted 45 comments to the 2^nd draft of the Part D CY2012 Reporting Requirements. The table below summarizes the revisions made for the Final CY2012 Part D Reporting Requirements.

Part D Changes
#	Category	Section	Change/Reason	Effect to reporting burden
1	Response to Public Comments	Enrollment and Disenrollment	In introduction, removed references to transaction types 60, 62, and 71 due to changes in the MARx system effective 4/1/2011.	None
2	Response to Public Comments	Enrollment and Disenrollment	Removed data elements K and L because they are duplicative of data already available to CMS. Re-ordered remaining data elements.	Decrease
3	Response to Public Comments	Enrollment and Disenrollment	Added data element J to include Online Enrollment Center (OEC) enrollments in this reporting. Re-ordered remaining data elements.	Increase
4	Response to Public Comments	Enrollment and Disenrollment	Revised and re-ordered data element O to make Plans aware that this element is only applicable to stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs). This data element is now data element N.	None
5	Response to Public Comments	Long-Term Care Utilization and Waste	Removed data elements related to LTC Waste because this reporting is not appropriate for CY2012. Reporting section has been re-named LTC Utilization.	Decrease
6	Response to Public Comments	Medication Therapy Management Programs	Added additional language to data element Q to clarify items that should be included as drug therapy changes.	None
7	Lessons Learned	Medication Therapy Management Programs	Revised all references to the acronym ‘MTMP’ to ‘MTM’. The proper acronym is ‘MTM’.	None

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