CMS Seeks Feedback on Boring Forms – Comment by December!
Published Date: 11/20/2025
Notice
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your feedback on their plan to keep collecting important info from the public. This helps them do their job better while making sure the paperwork isn’t too much of a hassle. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until December 22, 2025, to share them—no cost, just your voice!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Hospitals face large survey burden
If you run or manage a short-term acute care hospital that participates in Medicare, CMS collects occupational-mix data to build a wage-index adjustment. CMS lists Form CMS-10079 affecting about 3,100 respondents and a total of 1,488,000 annual hours for this collection.
Manufacturers face large Open Payments reporting
Under the Open Payments requirements added by the Affordable Care Act, applicable manufacturers and group purchasing organizations must register, report, and support dispute resolution about payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. CMS lists Form CMS-10495 with 1,788 respondents and a total of 1,950,948 annual hours for these activities, and states reports are required annually.
DMEPOS suppliers' yearly Medicare enrollment
If you are a supplier of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies (DMEPOS) and want to enroll in Medicare, you must complete Form CMS-855S. CMS lists 32,790 respondents, yearly frequency, and a total of 67,886 annual hours for this collection.
Apply for device pass-through payments
If you are a hospital, device manufacturer, pharmaceutical company, or physician, you can apply for transitional pass-through payments for new categories of devices used in outpatient care. CMS says approved device categories receive pass-through payments for 2 to 3 years and lists Form CMS-10052 with 16 respondents and 16 total annual hours.
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