# 2025-00696: Government Asks Permission to Ask You More Questions

2025-00696, Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by February 14, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00696
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00696
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by February 14, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Government Asks Permission to Ask You More Questions

## Summary

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your feedback on their plan to keep collecting certain info from the public. This helps make sure the paperwork isn’t too much and is useful for their work. If you have thoughts, send them by February 14, 2025—your input can help save time and effort for everyone!

## Abstract

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

## Effects PRIA read

- Annual QIO Information Collection: cost, high. CMS intends to extend its yearly information collection for Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) under form CMS-R-71. The notice says this collection affects 6,120 respondents, will generate 502,246 total responses, and requires 1,091,597 total annual hours; comments are due by February 14, 202…
- Medicare Supplier Enrollment Form Reinstatement: cost, low. CMS proposes to reinstate with change the Medicare Enrollment Application for Clinics/Group Practices and Other Suppliers (Form CMS-855B). The notice states there are 132,800 respondents and responses, totaling 155,884 annual hours for enrollment, ownership changes, revalidation, and reactivation;…

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## Sources
- [2025-00696 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00696/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request)
- [2025-00696 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00696.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00696 (as of 2026-06-08).