Medicare Agency Seeks Routine Data Collection Feedback
Published Date: 6/18/2026
Notice
Summary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your feedback on their plan to keep collecting important info from the public. This helps them do their job better while making sure the process isn’t too much work for anyone. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until July 20, 2026, to share them—no cost, just your voice!
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Keeps Emergency Waivers Available
CMS will continue collecting information to support Section 1135 waivers that let the Secretary temporarily waive or modify Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP requirements during emergencies so that health care services remain available. These waivers help ensure providers can be reimbursed and exempted from sanctions and help prevent gaps in access to care before, during, and after an emergency.
Expanded Emergency & Cyber Reporting
CMS is enhancing the automated 1135 waiver submission process to capture the emergency date, simplify ongoing status updates, and expand reporting on cybersecurity incidents by reporting patient and operational impacts. The system will continue to allow a public web form and CSV/Excel extracts via an automated mail handler for Health Care Facility Operational Status submissions.
Reporting Burden for 1135 Waivers
If you are a health care provider or a state/local agency submitting Section 1135 waiver requests, CMS is revising its approved information collection (OMB control number 0938-1384, expiring August 31, 2026). The notice estimates 4,829 respondents, 4,829 total annual responses, and 4,016 total annual hours, and it asks for public comment by July 20, 2026.
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