The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, DoD.
ACTION:
30-Day information collection notice.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES:
Consideration will be given to all comments received by September 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES:
Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be emailed to Mr. Josh Brammer, DoD Desk Officer, at
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Please identify the proposed information collection by DoD Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and title of the information collection.
Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number:
Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program; OMB Control Number 0720-0032.
Type of Request:
Extension
Number of Respondents:
300.
Responses per Respondent:
4.
Annual Responses:
1,200.
Average Burden per Response:
8 hours.
Annual Burden Hours:
9,600.
Needs and Uses:
The information collection requirement is necessary to obtain and record refund amounts between the DoD and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The DoD quarterly provides pharmaceutical manufacturers with itemized utilization data on covered drugs dispensed to TRICARE beneficiaries through TRICARE retail network pharmacies. These manufacturers validate the refund amounts calculated from the difference in price between the Federal Ceiling Prices and the direct commercial contract sales price. Once the refund amounts are validated, the pharmaceutical manufacturers directly pay the DHA Government account.
Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit.
Frequency:
Quarterly.
Respondent's Obligation:
Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer:
Mr. Josh Brammer.
You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
Instructions:
All submissions received must include the agency name, Docket ID number, and title for this
Federal Register
document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the internet at
https://www.regulations.gov
as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information.