Medicare Program to Host Town Hall Meeting on FY 2009 Applications for New Medical Services and Technologies

Summary

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a Town Hall meeting on February 21, 2008, to discuss fiscal year 2009 applications for add-on payments for new medical services and technologies under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Interested parties are invited to present their comments and recommendations regarding whether the FY 2009 new medical services and technologies applications meet the substantial clinical improvement criterion.