CMS Seeks Feedback on Paperwork Burden for Medicare Info
Published Date: 4/20/2026
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 trouble. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until May 20, 2026, to share them—no cost to comment, just your time!
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Ambulance Claims Signature Exception Paperwork
If you provide ambulance transport services to Medicare patients, CMS is renewing the information collection that documents an exception to the beneficiary signature rule when the beneficiary is unable to sign and no authorized representative is available. The collection (Form CMS-10242, OMB 0938-1049) lists affected public entities as private for-profit and not-for-profit providers, with 10,278 respondents, about 9,265,931 annual responses, and 771,852 total annual burden hours; comments are due by May 20, 2026.
Nonparticipating Hospital Emergency Claim Forms
If you are a hospital that does not have a CMS participation agreement, CMS is reinstating the information collection tied to Form CMS-1771 (OMB 0938-0023) to document emergency hospital services so the hospital may receive Medicare payment. The notice lists 100 respondents, 200 annual responses, and 50 total annual burden hours; comments are due by May 20, 2026.
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