The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is allowing the public to comment on its plan to gather information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Federal agencies must make a public announcement in the Federal Register about any proposed data collection and give the public 60 days to comment. The comments can cover various aspects, such as the necessity of the data collection and ways to reduce the burden of providing information. This notice specifically discusses the extension of the National Implementation of the In-Center Hemodialysis CAHPS Survey, which helps report on dialysis facilities and improve healthcare quality.
Simple Explanation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to hear what people think about their plan to ask questions in a big survey to make sure kidney care is really good. They're thinking about different ways to ask people, like maybe using the internet, but they haven't decided exactly when they'll use these new ways.