The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted its FY 2025 annual report yesterday, more than seven weeks after March 1st deadline. Here are the highlights (and lowlights):
Requests received: 55.006, up from 49,053 in FY 2024.
Requests processed: 47,489, up from 46,923 in FY 2024.
Backlogged requests increased from 11,149 to 18,360.
49.72 average days to process “simple perfected requests; 198.91 average days for “complex” requests; and 315.73 average days for expedited requests.
Requests for fee waivers: 2441 granted and 312 denied.
Requests for expedited processing: 125 granted and 1415 denied.
Total processing costs: $56.2 million, down from $80.2 million in FY 2024.
Fees collected from requesters: $656,731, down from $752,786 in FY 2024.
For more comparisons, see HHS’s FY 2024 report here.