WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a notice called: Medicare Program; Announcement of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment Meeting-August 24, 2026.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 8 by Vanessa Garcia, Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Summary: This notice announces the virtual meeting of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (the Panel) on Monday, August 24, 2026. The purpose of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification groups and their associated weights, which are major elements of the Medicare Hospital Outpa...