The morning topic will be "Automated Test Panels under PAMA." The afternoon topic will be the "Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory Test (ADLT) Application Process."
The sessions are open to the public but advance registration is required. As of August 24, I heard a comment that registration had temporarily been listed as "closed" but in error. As of August 24, it shows 220 spaces available. CMS states that registration will close when the advance registration process is full, or, seating will close on September 2, whichever comes first. Public comments must also be submitted by September 2.
The Online Agenda is available as a PDF file, here.
The meeting webpage and registration and other are available at CMS's website, here.
CMS web page (harvested August 24) is clipped below the break.
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/FACA/AdvisoryPanelonClinicalDiagnosticLaboratoryTests.html
Panel Meetings
The Panel meetings are open to the public except as determined otherwise by the Secretary or other authorized official. We will publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing upcoming Panel meetings.
- Agenda for the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Meeting (9/12/2016) [PDF, 122KB]
- Register for September 12, 2016 Panel Meeting
- CMS-1680-N - Announcement of the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Meeting (9/12/2016)
- Past Panel Meeting Agendas and Federal Register Notices
https://www.cms.gov/apps/events/event.asp?id=720&Kw=&Mh=NoMonth&cboOrder=date&Yr=NoYear&type=2
Public Meeting for the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests
09/12/2016
CMS Main Auditorium, Baltimore, MD
There are currently [XYZ] spaces left.
If you will be presenting, please include that in the Additional Comments field and indicate during which Session.
This meeting is open to the general public to listen and discuss recommendations by the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests. The meeting announcement was published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2016. The on-site check-in for visitors will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on Monday, September 12, 2016.
Following the opening remarks, the Panel will hear oral presentations from the public for no more than 1 hour during each of two sessions, one session in the morning and one session in the afternoon. During session one, registered persons from the public may present recommendations on payment options for routine chemistry tests that are currently paid as Automated Test Panels (ATPs) following implementation of the new payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests on January 1, 2018.
During session two, registered persons from the public may present recommendations on the application process for Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory Tests (ADLTs).
Following the opening remarks, the Panel will hear oral presentations from the public for no more than 1 hour during each of two sessions, one session in the morning and one session in the afternoon. During session one, registered persons from the public may present recommendations on payment options for routine chemistry tests that are currently paid as Automated Test Panels (ATPs) following implementation of the new payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests on January 1, 2018.
During session two, registered persons from the public may present recommendations on the application process for Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory Tests (ADLTs).
If you wish to speak at this meeting, please provide your comments in writing to Glenn McGuirk at Glenn.McGuirk@cms.hhs.gov by September 2, 2016, as stated in the Federal Register, and indicate your desire to present on any or all of these topics when you register for the Public Meeting for the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests.
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Public Meeting for the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests
The agenda for the September 12, 2016, meeting will provide for discussion and comment on specified CLFS issues relevant to the final rule, CMS-1621-F entitled, "Medicare Program; Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Payment System," which are designated in the Panel's charter. Specifically, the Panel will discuss the following issues:
You may attend the meeting in-person, view via webcast, or listen via teleconference (agenda to follow). Beginning Friday, August 19, 2016 and ending Friday, September 2, 2016 at 5 p.m. EDT, registration to attend the meeting in-person may be completed on-line at the following web address:
If you wish to speak at this meeting, please provide your comments in writing to Glenn McGuirk at Glenn.McGuirk@cms.hhs.gov by September 2, 2016, as stated in the Federal Register, and indicate your desire to present on any or all of these topics when you register for the Public Meeting for the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests.
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