CMS seeks comments on new short Medicare beneficiary feedback surveys
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CMS plans to create a new “MCBS Pulse” survey tool to collect quick feedback from Medicare beneficiaries. The surveys would be added to existing Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data collection rounds and would ask no more than five questions at a time. The notice mainly affects Medicare beneficiaries who may be asked to respond, and organizations that use Medicare data or track CMS program planning. Comments are due to the federal review office by June 1, 2026, especially on whether the survey is useful, whether the estimated burden is accurate, and how CMS can reduce the time required from respondents.
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Key Changes
- CMS proposes a new short-feedback survey tool called MCBS Pulse for Medicare beneficiaries.
- Each Pulse survey would have no more than five questions and would run for up to two weeks during existing survey rounds.
- CMS estimates 31,117 respondents and 1,026 total annual response hours, and is seeking public comments by June 1, 2026.
Obligations
What this law requires
Interested persons who submit comments on the proposed information collection must ensure the comments are received by the OMB desk officer by June 1, 2026.
Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be submitted through www.reginfo.gov by locating the collection under “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or using the search function.
CMS must obtain Office of Management and Budget approval before conducting or sponsoring the proposed collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
CMS must publish a 30-day Federal Register notice for the proposed information collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval.
If CMS implements the MCBS Pulse survey as described, each individual Pulse survey must contain no more than five questions.