CMS Invites Yawns on Routine Health Data Requests
Published Date: 12/22/2025
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 process isn’t too much work for anyone. You’ve got until January 21, 2026, to share your thoughts—so don’t miss out on shaping how this info is gathered!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Medical-necessity Disclosure on Request
Regulated entities must provide a medical necessity disclosure when someone requests it. This requirement is part of the information collection identified as form CMS-10556 (OMB control number 0938-1280) and is used so enrollees can make more informed decisions about mental health or substance use disorder care.
State Review of MCO Parity Analyses
In states where a Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) provides both medical/surgical and mental health/substance use disorder services, the state will review the parity analysis the MCO provides to confirm the MCO's benefits comply with parity rules. CMS also uses the collected information to oversee State Medicaid managed care programs.
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