CMS Begs for Feedback on Boring Paperwork Plans
Published Date: 12/22/2025
Notice
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your thoughts on their plan to collect some info from the public. This is a chance for anyone affected—like healthcare providers or patients—to share ideas on how to make the process easier and clearer. You’ve got until February 20, 2026, to send in your comments, helping CMS keep paperwork simple and useful without wasting time or money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Monthly Drug Pricing Data Requirement
Drug labelers must transmit drug product and pricing data to CMS within 30 days after the end of each calendar month and quarter so CMS can calculate unit rebate amounts (URA) and unit rebate offset amounts (UROA). CMS will distribute URA/UROA to State Medicaid agencies; CMS estimates 840 respondents, 16,160 annual responses, and 606,932 total annual hours for this collection.
Annual Quality Reviews for Medicaid Plans
States and their managed care plans must provide information each year to an independent External Quality Review Organization (EQRO) so an annual External Quality Review (EQR) can be done. CMS says the EQR results are publicly posted so Medicaid and CHIP enrollees and potential enrollees can use them to choose providers; CMS estimates 681 respondents, 7,236 responses, and 887,086 total annual hours for this collection.
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