When four years of data are available, CMS will evaluate the within-plan temporal variability in quality scores available to consumers and adjust the frequency of the data collection accordingly. If there is very little change in the quality scores across time, CMS will consider collecting the information less frequently.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2020
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2017
56,972
0
88,492
12,754
0
22,887
0
0
0
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.
This request seeks approval of an estimated 12,754 hours of respondent burden per year to assess reasons for disenrollment from MA and PDP contracts. The actual respondent burden is subject to change between years depending on shifts in number of PDP and MA contracts and/or changes in response rates from year-to-year. It is important to maintain flexibility and consider larger sample sizes that will preserve adequate contract-level reporting reliabilities in the event of increases in the number of PDP and MA contracts and/or declines in response rates.
Proposed changes to the 2016 disenrollment surveys are detailed in the attached crosswalks. A handful of items have been deleted due to low rates of endorsement, or because the information is available through administrative sources and thus not necessary to include in the “about you” section of the survey. One item on the effect of Star ratings on disenrollment decisions has been added. In general, revisions have been made to make items easier to for respondents to understand. However, these revisions do not change our estimated completion time per survey.
On an annualized basis, the estimate of respondent burden is reduced from the estimate provided in our 2013 OMB application due to -- (1) a reduction in response rates from 50% (2013 OMB application assumption) to 40% (based on observed response rates for the survey in years 2014 and 2015) and (2) reduction in the number of items on the current survey instruments compared with 2013 instruments.
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.