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OMB Control No: 0938-1051	ICR Reference No: 201712-0938-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201703-0938-013
Agency/Subagency: HHS/CMS	Agency Tracking No: CM-CPC
Title: Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program: Final Marketing Provisions CFR 422.111(a)(3) and 423.128(a)(3) (CMS-10260)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 01/29/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/19/2017
Terms of Clearance: 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
Expiration Date	05/31/2020	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2020
Responses	805	0	805
Time Burden (Hours)	9,660	0	9,660
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): 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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0938-AT08	Proposed rulemaking	82 FR 56336	11/28/2017

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 56336	11/28/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Notice of Change (ANOC) and Evidence of Coverage (EOC)
Marketing Materials

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: 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).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $324,151

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Mitch Bryman 410 786-5258 Mitch.Bryman@cms.hhs.gov

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