Comprehensive Addiction and
Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) / Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Program (CMS-10141)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/09/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2021
666,813,366
625,627,848
6,973,844
8,683,706
6,252,673
5,733,706
Part D plans and, to the extent
applicable, MA organizations will use the information discussed
below to comply with the eligibility and other requirements
associated with their participation in Part D. CMS will use this
information from plan sponsors and States to approve contract
applications, monitor compliance with contract requirements, make
proper payment to plans, and ensure that correct information is
disclosed to potential and current enrollees. The new information
collection will allow CMS to ensure sponsors have plans in place to
restore business operations following a disruption of regular
operations. Medicare beneficiaries will use the information
provided by the Part D sponsors to make decisions regarding Part D
enrollment as well as grievance and appeal requests. Under
CMS-4182-P (RIN 0938-AT08), CMS will make the Preclusion List
available to Part D sponsors. The Part D sponsors will perform
system programming to maintain the Preclusion List in order to
reject a pharmacy claim (or deny a beneficiary request for
reimbursement) for a Part D drug that is prescribed by an
individual on the Preclusion List. CMS will create and disseminate
model notices to the prescribers to notify them of their existence
on the Preclusion List, while the Part D sponsors will create and
disseminate model notices to the Medicare beneficiaries to notify
them that the pharmacy claim is being rejected or denied due to the
prescriber’s existence on the Preclusion List.
PL:
Pub.L. 108 - 173 101 Name of Law: Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA)
Statute at Large: 18
Stat. 1860
PL: Pub.L. 108 - 173 101 Name of Law:
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (MMA)
The current burden sets out
625,627,848 responses and 8,683,706 hours. We are revising this
estimate to 666,813,366 responses and 6,973,844 hours (see Table
15). Total responses increased by 41,185,518 annually, however the
annual burden hours decreased by 1,709,862 hours. The net change in
burden reflects the addition and removal of ICRs as well as changes
in burden associated with existing ICRs updated to reflect the
current numbers of Part D contracts. There was a net increase of
32,697,465 responses as a result of the addition and removal of
ICRs from this package. The additional 8,488,053 responses
(41,185,518 minus 32,697,465) is due to the increased number of
Part D contracts in 2021 compared with the number of contracts in
the previously approved supporting statement (942 vs 757,
respectively). Similarly, because of the increased number of
contracts, there was an additional 47,853 hours (1,757,715 minus
1,709,862) of burden which offsets the net of additional and
removed ICRs.
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.