Public Inspection: CMS: Requests for Nominations: Medicare Program; Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment

Pre-publication notice from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting nominations to fill vacancies on the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment. The Panel advises the Secretary of HHS and the Administrator of CMS on the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification (ACP) group and their associated weights, and supervision of hospital outpatient therapeutic services. Panel members must be full-time employees of hospitals, hospital systems, or other Medicare providers that are subject to the OPPS. Some of the panel members must be from rural regions and/or represent Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Two vacancies will occur in calendar year 2018 and nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis. Final publication in the Federal Register is scheduled for January 26, 2018.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news