CMS Wants Your Two Cents on Info Gathering Forms
Published Date: 4/10/2026
Notice
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your thoughts on their plan to collect some info from the public. They’re asking for comments by June 9, 2026, to make sure the process is clear, useful, and not too much work. This affects anyone who might provide info to CMS and helps keep things running smoothly without wasting time or money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Self-Attestation Replaces 6-Year Survey
If you operate a Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility (CORF), an outpatient physical therapy/speech-language pathology (OPT/SLP) provider, a Rural Health Clinic (RHC), or a Portable X‑Ray (PXR) supplier, CMS plans to let you submit a self-attestation for recertification instead of undergoing a State Survey Agency (SA) onsite recertification survey every 6 years. You would complete a dedicated attestation form before your recertification due date, and a properly completed and timely submitted form would be accepted by the applicable State Survey Agency.
Estimated Annual Paperwork Burden
CMS estimates the proposed collection would involve 1,360 respondents, 1,360 total annual responses, and 1,360 total annual hours, with the frequency listed as annually. The notice lists affected public categories as Individuals and Households; Private Sector (not-for-profit and for-profit); and Federal, State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
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