CMS Invites Public Input on Medicare Information Collection Review
Published Date: 1/21/2026
Notice
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your feedback on their plan to collect some info from the public. This helps them follow rules that make sure they don’t ask for too much paperwork. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until March 23, 2026, to speak up—no money changes yet, just a chance to shape what’s asked!
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Transplant Programs Face Higher Paperwork
CMS seeks to reinstate, with change, the information collection (OMB Control No. 0938-1069) tied to the Conditions of Participation for Transplant Programs in 42 CFR 482.68–482.104. Certified transplant programs (and associated dialysis facilities) must comply with these information requests to receive Medicare payment for heart, heart-lung, intestine, kidney, liver, lung, and pancreas transplants; the collection is estimated to involve 476 respondents, 3,340 total annual hours, and an annual burden cost of $352,462 (a 29% increase from 2,593 hours and $181,130).
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