Medicare Agency Checks If Its Paperwork Is Too Much Paperwork
Published Date: 7/17/2026
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 routine check to make sure the questions they ask aren’t too much work and actually help them do their job better. If you want to share your opinion, you’ve got until August 17, 2026, to speak up—no cost, just your time!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Good Cause Reinstatement Requests
If you were disenrolled from a Medicare Advantage or Part D plan for nonpayment, CMS has "good cause" rules that can let you be reinstated without interruption in coverage when nonpayment was due to circumstances you could not reasonably foresee or control (for example, unexpected hospitalization). CMS is collecting information using form CMS-10544; the notice lists 54,789 respondents, 54,789 annual responses, and 36,490 total annual hours for this process.
Qualified Entity Application Burden
If your organization is a for-profit business that wants to be a Qualified Entity to receive Medicare Parts A, B, and D claims data, you must submit the CMS-10394 application (and triennial re-application) and the QECP Annual Report Worksheet. CMS estimates 40 respondents, 70 total annual responses, and a total of 5,800 annual hours for this collection; the form is submitted yearly.
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