CMS Seeks Comments on Continuing Public Information Collection Efforts
Published Date: 4/27/2026
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 of a hassle. If you have thoughts on how long it takes or how to improve the process, speak up by May 27, 2026!
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Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Providers risk payment cuts
If a Hospice, Home Health Agency (HHA), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH), or Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) does not meet its quality reporting requirements, it may face a payment reduction in its annual payment update (APU). This rule ties reporting to payment adjustments for those providers.
CMS seeks new OMB info collection
CMS is requesting a new OMB control number for Form CMS-10945 titled "Administrative Procedures for Chronic and Post-Acute Care Quality Programs." CMS lists 33,340 respondents, 72 total annual responses, and 18 total annual hours, and asks for public comments by May 27, 2026.
SNFs must do MDS data validation
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) participating in the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program are required to participate in a Minimum Data Set (MDS) data validation process. That requirement applies to SNFs as part of program participation.
Some measures use existing data
Quality measures calculated from claims data and from staffing data submitted via the Payroll-based Journal (PBJ) require no additional burden from providers, because those data are already reported for payment or by statute (Section 6106 of the ACA).
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