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OMB Control No: 0938-0936	ICR Reference No: 200910-0938-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200904-0938-006
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Applications for Medicare Part D plans: PDP Plans, MA-PD Plans, Cost Plans, PACE organizations, SAE and EGWP
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 12/23/2009
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/21/2009
Terms of Clearance: This ICR is approved consistent with revised supporting statement. We note that while this ICR is implementing ARRA-related changes, not all of the burden changes are attributable to ARRA. CMS also agrees to pull out all references to "forthcoming guidance" before this instrument is implemented. Consistent with the PRA, this ICR should be re-submitted along with the publication of the draft "forthcoming guidance" documents to the extent the guidance document will result in new information collection, recordkeeping, or disclosure requirements or result in changes to burden or capital costs from existing requirements. Previous terms of clearance remain in effect.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2011	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2010
Responses	453	0	455
Time Burden (Hours)	11,919	0	11,890
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	453	455	-2
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,919	11,890	29
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Part D applications have been revised, and as a result, increased in burden due to the streamlining of separate employer applications into the individual market applications. Further, new regulations were issued since the last major revision of these documents. As a result, new attestation sections were added to the overall applications and many attestations were clarified or corrected to address current CMS policy (see Supporting Statement for more detail).