# Federal Register #2026-20357

AHRQ Requests Comments on CAHPS Health Plan Database Information Collection

**Buyer:** AHRQ/HEALTHCARE RESEARCH  QUALITY
**Posted:** October 05, 2026
**Respond By:** November 05, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-20357

AHRQ is requesting public comments on a proposed revision to its CAHPS Health Plan Database information collection, not seeking bids for a purchase or contract.
- **Government buyer:** U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); no specific office is identified.
- **Purpose:** Collect voluntary, standardized CAHPS health-plan survey data to support public reporting, analysis, research, and health-plan quality improvement. The collection is identified as OMB No. 0935-0165.
- **Participants and vendor:** State Medicaid agencies, health plans, and data-submission vendors provide information and survey files. **Westat** is identified as AHRQ’s contractor supporting collection and analysis; it is not identified as a supplier being solicited through this notice.
- **Activities covered:** Participant registration; health-plan information and data-use forms; survey data-file submission; data cleaning, analysis, and reporting. No products, hardware, or contracted services are being requested for purchase.
- **Burden estimate:** 893 annual respondent hours and $100,115 in annual respondent costs. The proposed revision reflects a small increase in burden associated with more data-file submissions.
- **Comments sought:** Views on the collection’s necessity and usefulness, burden estimates, ways to improve the information collected, and ways to reduce respondent burden.
- **OEMs:** None identified.

### Description

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) seeks public comment on a proposed revision to its approved AHRQ Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Database for Health Plans information collection (OMB No. 0935-0165). The database gathers standardized health-plan survey data voluntarily submitted by state Medicaid agencies, health plans, and vendors, and supports reporting, analysis, and research. The proposed revision reflects a small increase in estimated respondent burden due to more data-file submissions. Comments are due November 4, 2026.

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