Medicare Program; Announcement of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment Meeting-August 21-22, 2023-and New Panel Members

摘要

This notice announces the dates and times of a virtual meeting of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (the Panel) in August of 2023. In addition, it announces 8 new membership appointments to the Panel. The purpose of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concerning the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification groups and their associated weights, which are major elements of the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system; and supervision of hospital outpatient therapeutic services. The advice provided by the Panel will be considered as we prepare the annual update for the OPPS.