Medicare Current Beneficiary
Survey (MCBS) (CMS-P-0015A)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/24/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2025
35,015
35,015
35,344
34,368
0
0
The Medicare Current Beneficiary
Survey (MCBS) is a continuous, multipurpose survey of a nationally
representative sample of aged, disabled, and institutionalized
Medicare beneficiaries. MCBS, which is sponsored by the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is the only comprehensive
source of information on the health status, health care use and
expenditures, health insurance coverage, and socioeconomic and
demographic characteristics of the entire spectrum of Medicare
beneficiaries. The purpose of this revision is to seek approval for
CMS to add new items related to beneficiary-centric provisions of
the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 to the MCBS Community
Questionnaire beginning in 2025 . The new items cover improved
measures, streamlined content, and the addition of important
IRA-related topics as requested by OMB in their terms of clearance
specified in the approval of the 2024 MCBS.
The revisions include the
addition of 52 items, the migration of four existing items, and the
deletion of 26 items that result in a net burden increase of 6.4
minutes. As a result, the total burden has increased to 35,344 from
the previously approved total burden of 34,368. This is a net
increase of 976 burden hours annually.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.