Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and the Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system, and supervision of hospital outpatient therapeutic services. The meeting is open to the public.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS-1866-N] AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Notice of meeting. 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 ( printed page 42197) 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 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and the Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system, and supervision of hospital outpatient therapeutic services. The meeting is open to the public. DATES: Virtual Meeting Dates: Monday, August 24, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The time listed in this notice is approximate. Consequently, the meeting may be longer or shorter than the times listed in this notice, but will not begin before the posted time. Deadline for presentations and comments: Presentations or comment letters must be received by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 31, 2026. Presentations or comment letters must be submitted through the “Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP) Panel Meeting Presentation & Comment Letters” module. To access the module, go to https://mearis.cms.gov to register, log in, and submit your presentation or comment l…
Citation: 91 FR 42196
