Department of Health and Human Services July 19, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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.

The Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture announce the third meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee). This meeting will be open to the public virtually. Additionally, this notice informs the public of the opportunity to provide oral comments virtually to the Committee regarding its work.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is proposing to collect data from grantee agencies participating in the Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program. Client data collected will include enrollment information, demographics, and program outcomes.