OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is
not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no
effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new
OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. OMB is
withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the
final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments
related to the information collection and their response, including
any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition,
the agency must enter the correct burden estimates.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2020
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2020
805
0
805
9,660
0
9,660
0
0
0
This final rule implements provisions
of the Social Security Act (the Act) establishing and regulating
the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The MA program was enacted in
Title II of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) on December 8, 2003. The MA program
replaces the Medicare+Choice (M+C) program established under Part C
of the title XVIII of the Act, while retaining most key features of
the M+C program. The MA program attempts to broadly reform and
expand the availability of private health plan options to Medicare
beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations and
Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors use the information to comply with
the eligibility requirements and the MA and Part D contract
requirements. CMS will use this information to ensure that correct
information is disclosed to Medicare beneficiaries, both potential
enrollees and enrollees.
PL:
Pub.L. 108 - 117 201 Name of Law: The Medicare Prescription
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
PL:
Pub.L. 110 - 275 103 Name of Law: The Medicare Improvements for
Patients and Providers Act of 2008
We have not previously
discussed the burden CMS places on MA organizations and Part D
sponsors of uploading marketing materials to CMS for approval. We
are capturing this burden in this PRA package for the first time.
This burden is considered added labor burden for the purpose of
this PRA package. We do not, however, anticipate that there will be
any increase in the labor burden due to the changes we are making.
The burden associated with uploading marketing materials is the
time and effort associated for a MA organization and Part D sponsor
to submit the required information to CMS. We estimate that it
takes a plan 30 minutes at $69.08/hr for a business operations
specialist to submit the each of the marketing materials. The total
average annual burden associated with this requirement is 20,143
hours (40,286 materials x .5 hour per material) at a cost of
$1,391,478.44 (20,143 hr x $69.08 per 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.
CMS-10260 - Supporting Statement A [rev 12-01-2017 by OSORA PRA].doc
Marketing Materials