Department of Health and Human Services June 16, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Medicare Program; Rechartering, Membership, and Announcement of the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Meeting on August 1, 2017
This notice announces the rechartering of the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests (the Panel), designation of a new chairperson to the Panel, and the next public meeting date for the Panel on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. The purpose of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on issues related to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (CDLTs). The Panel will make recommendations to the Secretary and the Administrator regarding crosswalking and gapfilling for new and reconsidered laboratory codes that are discussed during the Public Meeting Regarding New and Reconsidered Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Codes for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for Calendar Year (CY) 2018 (2017 CLFS Public Meeting), and provide input on other CY 2018 CLFS issues that are designated in the Panel's charter and specified on meeting agenda. The Secretary approved the rechartering of the Panel on April 25, 2017 for a 2-year period effective through April 25, 2019.
Medicare Program; Public Meeting on July 31, 2017 Regarding New and Reconsidered Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Codes for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2018
This notice announces a public meeting to receive comments and recommendations (including accompanying data on which recommendations are based) from the public on the appropriate basis for establishing payment amounts for new or substantially revised Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes being considered for Medicare payment under the clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) for calendar year (CY) 2018. This meeting also provides a forum for those who submitted certain reconsideration requests regarding final determinations made last year on new test codes and for the public to provide comment on the requests. The Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test (CDLT) Advisory Panel will participate in this meeting by gathering information and asking questions to presenters on July 31, 2017, and will hold a public meeting on August 1, 2017 to discuss matters of the Panel and make recommendations regarding the test codes presented at the CLFS public meeting. In the event the CLFS public meeting needs to extend to August 1, 2017, the CDLT Advisory Panel will convene its public meeting immediately following the CLFS public meeting, rather than starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (E.D.T.) as currently planned.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
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