Currently Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires hospitals and other similar facilities to inquire about gender. This is a waste of time for 99% of the population, and does not impact the physical medical care that is to be provided. With CMS requiring this line of questioning to be allowed to partake in billing medicare and medicaid - it should not be. It should be a voluntary question and if it is not included in admitting patients the hospitals themselves should not be held culpable.