This information collection will
survey disenrollees from Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs)
and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans (MA-PDs). The
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA) provides a requirement to collect and report performance
data for Part D prescription drug plans. Specifically, the MMA
under Sec. 1860D-4 (Beneficiary Protections for Qualified
Prescription Drug Coverage) requires CMS to conduct consumer
satisfaction surveys regarding PDPs and MA-PDs - pursuant to
section 1860D-4(d). This data collection complements the
satisfaction data collected through the Medicare CAHPS Survey by
providing dissatisfaction data in the form of reasons for
disenrollment from PDPs and MA-PDs.
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Large: 1
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Implementation of the survey
for 2012 through 2014 will differ from the earlier large-scale
field test, which excluded the small number of MA only plans. The
MA only plan survey has been added to this ICR. In addition to
adding the MA only survey, the number of responses for the PDP
survey has decreased from 60,000 to 19,791 and the hours have
decreased from 16,800 to 4,750 hr. While the MA-PD survey has a
slight increase in the number of responses from 60,000 to 61,831,
the response time decreased from .3 hr to .27 hr and a number of
hours has decreased from 18,000 to 16,694 hr. Overall, this ICR
reduces the number of respondents from 120,000 to 88,492 and
reduces the burden hours from 34,800 to 22,887 hr.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.