Medicare Wants More of Your Data, Pretends to Care
Published Date: 11/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your thoughts on their plan to collect some info from the public. This is part of a routine check to make sure the paperwork isn’t too much hassle and is really needed. If you have ideas or concerns, speak up by January 26, 2026—your input helps keep things clear and easy!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Burden Reinstated for PRTFs
CMS is asking to reinstate without change an information collection (OMB control number 0938-0833) about Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities' (PRTFs) use of restraint and seclusion. The notice estimates 366 respondents, 1,376,621 total annual responses, and 439,623 total annual hours; comments are due January 26, 2026.
Oversight of Restraint and Seclusion in PRTFs
The information collection supports CMS oversight of involuntary "restraint" and "seclusion" in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) that serve individuals under age 21. CMS says state surveyors use the requirements at 42 CFR 483.350 et seq. during on-site surveys (typically at least once every six years) to decide a facility's eligibility for Medicare certification and re‑certification; the collection informs that oversight.
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