[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 227 (Friday, November 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54693-54694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21435]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[Document Identifiers: CMS-10500 and CMS-10344]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is
announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention
to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information
(including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow 60 days for public comment on
the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments
regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection
of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper performance of the agency's
functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by January 27, 2026.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your comments electronically to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for ``Comment or
Submission'' or ``More Search Options'' to find the information
collection document(s) that are accepting comments.
2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development, Attention: Document Identifier: _/
OMB Control Number: _, Room C4-26-05, 7500 Security Boulevard,
Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting statement and any related forms
for the proposed collection(s) summarized in this notice, please access
the CMS PRA website by copying and pasting the following web address
into your web browser: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William N. Parham at (410) 786-4669.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the use and burden associated
with the following information collections. More detailed information
can be found in each collection's supporting statement and associated
materials (see ADDRESSES).
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
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and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or
sponsor. The term ``collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records,
or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
PRA requires federal agencies to publish a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including
each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, CMS is publishing this notice.
Information Collections
1. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision with change of
a currently approved collection; Title of Information Collection:
National Implementation of the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS);
Use: The Agency for Healthcare Research an Quality (AHRQ) and its
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS[supreg])
Consortium, in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), have developed standardized CAHPS Surveys and tools for
a variety of patient populations, including commercially insured
ambulatory patients, patients whose care is covered by Medicare and
Medicaid, dialysis patients, home health patients, hospital inpatients,
dental patients, and patients who receive behavioral health care and
services. The purpose of the CAHPS family of surveys is to collect data
about patients' assessment and rating of the care they receive from
their health care provider or health care system.
The national implementation of OAS CAHPS is designed to allow
third-party, CMS- approved survey vendors to administer OAS CAHPS using
mail-only, telephone-only, mixed mode (mail with telephone follow-up),
mixed-mode (web with mail follow-up), or mixed-mode (web with telephone
follow-up). The CMS-approved survey vendors who administer the survey
use an electronic data collection system if they administer a
telephone-only or mixed-mode survey using web. Form Number: CMS-10500
(OMB control number: 0938-1240); Frequency: Once; Affected Public:
Business or other for-profits and Not-for-profits institutions; Number
of Respondents: 2,045,727; Total Annual Responses: 2,045,727; Total
Annual Hours: 500,805. (For policy questions regarding this collection
contact Memuna Ifedirah 410-786-6849.)
2. Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently
approved collection; Title of Information Collection: Elimination of
Cost-Sharing for Full Benefit Dual-Eligible Individuals Receiving Home
and Community-Based Services; Use: Section 1860 D-14 of the Social
Security Act (the Act) sets forth requirements for premium and cost-
sharing subsidies for low-income beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare
Part D. Based on this statute, 42 CFR 423.771, provides guidance
concerning limitations for payments made by and on behalf of low-income
Medicare beneficiaries who enroll in Part D plans. 42 CFR 423.771(b)
establishes requirements for determining a beneficiary's eligibility
for full subsidy under the Part D program. Regulations set forth in
Sec. Sec. 423.780 and 423.782 outline premium and cost sharing
subsidies to which full subsidy eligible are entitled under the Part D
program.
Each month CMS deems individuals automatically eligible for the
full subsidy, based on data from State Medicaid Agencies and the Social
Security Administration (SSA). The SSA sends a monthly file of
Supplementary Security Income-eligible beneficiaries to CMS. Similarly,
the State Medicaid agencies submit Medicare Modernization Act files to
CMS that identify full subsidy beneficiaries. CMS deems the
beneficiaries as having full subsidy and auto-assigns these
beneficiaries to benchmark Part D plans. Part D plans to receive
premium amounts based on the monthly assessments. Form Number: CMS-
10344 (OMB control number: 0938-1127); Frequency: Monthly; Affected
Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments and Not-for-profits
institutions; Number of Respondents: 51; Total Annual Responses: 51;
Total Annual Hours: 612. (For policy questions regarding this
collection contact Roland Herrera 410-786-0668.)
William N. Parham, III,
Director, Division of Information Collections and Regulatory Impacts,
Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2025-21435 Filed 11-26-25; 8:45 am]
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