# 2025-22138: Medicare's Comment Carnival: Feedback on Asking for Feedback

2025-22138, Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, is a Federal Register notice from Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published 2025-12-08, effective Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by January 7, 2026. (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-22138
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Citation: 90 FR 56763
- Published: 2025-12-08
- Effective: Comments on the collection(s) of information must be received by the OMB desk officer by January 7, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-01-07
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Medicare's Comment Carnival: Feedback on Asking for Feedback

## Summary

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your thoughts on their plan to collect some info from the public. This is a routine check to make sure the questions they ask are useful and not too much work. If you have ideas or concerns, you’ve got until January 7, 2026, to speak up—no cost to comment, just your time!

## 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

- Hospitals must give MOON notice: benefit, low. If you have Medicare and you receive more than 24 hours of hospital observation services, the hospital must give you a standardized written notice called the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) telling you your stay is outpatient and explaining the implications. CMS lists this as Form CMS…
- HOS field test may change Star Ratings: benefit, low. CMS will run a Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS) field test (Form CMS-10861, OMB control number 0938-1464) to collect data (50 respondents, 6,800 responses, total annual burden 1,700 hours). HOS measures feed into Medicare Part C Star Ratings (published each fall), and CMS will use the field te…

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## Sources
- [2025-22138 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/08/2025-22138/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request)
- [2025-22138 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-08/pdf/2025-22138.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-22138 (as of 2026-06-08).