Medicare Program; Town Hall Meeting on the Fiscal Year 2008 Applications for New Medical Services and Technologies and Informational Workshop on Payment for New Technologies Under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), Processes for Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) Assignment; and Requesting New International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) Codes Under the IPPS-February 22, 2007 (CMS-1382-N)

Zusammenfassung

This notice announces a Town Hall Meeting to discuss fiscal year (FY) 2008 applications for add-on payments for new medical services and technologies under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). Interested parties are invited to this meeting to present their comments, recommendations, and data regarding whether the FY 2008 new medical services and technologies applications meet the substantial clinical improvement criteria. Additionally, we will hold an Informational Workshop for all interested parties on the application process and criteria for new medical services and technologies add-on payments under the IPPS, the transitional pass-through payment and new technology ambulatory payment classification (APC) assignment application processes under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the processes of Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) assignment and requesting new ICD-9 codes under the IPPS.