CMS Wants Public Feedback on Collecting More Information
Published Date: 10/16/2026
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 December 15, 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.
Daily files keep drug benefits accurate
If you are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, states must provide daily updates of dual eligibility status to CMS. Daily status updates let CMS automatically enroll people in Medicare drug plans and determine if they qualify for the low-income subsidy for Part D premiums, deductibles, and copayments, helping ensure you get the right level of benefit on time.
States' Part D cost recoupment calculations
CMS will use the collected state data to calculate the Phased-Down State Contribution (PDSC) payment rates for Medicare Part D each year. Those calculations use National Health Expenditure per-capita drug expenditure growth for 2003–2006 combined with the annual percentage increase (API) in per-capita aggregate Part D expenditures for 2007 and later, as defined in section 1860D-2(b)(6) of the Social Security Act. The PDSC is a partial recoupment from the states of ongoing Medicaid drug costs assumed by Medicare.
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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 December 15, 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.