CMS Invites Comments on Proposed Data Collection Efforts
Published Date: 11/28/2025
Notice
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your thoughts on their plan to collect some info from the public. They’re asking for comments by January 27, 2026, to make sure the process is clear, useful, and not too much work. This affects anyone who might provide info to CMS and helps keep things running smoothly without wasting time or money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Automatic Full Part D Subsidy Deeming
If you are a low-income, full-benefit dual-eligible Medicare beneficiary, CMS will use monthly data from the Social Security Administration and State Medicaid agencies to automatically deem you eligible for the full Part D subsidy and auto‑assign you to a benchmark Part D plan; the collection is monthly, involves 51 responding entities, and reports 51 annual responses and 612 annual hours. Comments on this information collection are due January 27, 2026.
Nationwide Outpatient Surgery Patient Survey
You may be asked to complete the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery CAHPS survey if you receive ambulatory surgery care. CMS plans a national implementation administered by CMS-approved third-party vendors by mail, phone, or web, covering 2,045,727 respondents with a total annual burden of 500,805 hours; CMS is requesting comments by January 27, 2026.
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