Medicare Program: Meeting Announcement for the Medicare Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests, July 23-24, 2025

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.

This notice announces the public meeting dates for the Medicare Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests (the Panel) on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, and Thursday, July 24, 2025. 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 on issues related to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.

Meeting Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (E.D.T.) and Thursday, July 24, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. E.D.T. The Panel is also expected to participate virtually in the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) Annual Public Meeting for Calendar Year (CY) 2026 on Friday, June 27, 2025 to gather information and question presenters. Notice of the CLFS ( printed page 16688) Annual Public Meeting for CY 2026 is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register .

Deadline for Meeting Registration, Presentation and Comments: May 30, 2025, 5:00 p.m. E.D.T.

Deadline for Requesting Special Accommodations: May 30, 2025, 5:00 p.m. E.D.T.

In-Person Attendance: If attending the meeting in person at the CMS Headquarters, registration is required and must be completed by May 30, 2025. For more information on how to register as an in-person attendee, see the “Registration Instructions” (section IV. of this notice).

Virtual Attendee Only: The public may also view this meeting via webinar or listen-only via teleconference. If attending the meeting via webinar, or listen-only via teleconference, registration is not required for non-speakers.

Webinar and Teleconference Meeting Information: Teleconference dial-in instructions, and related webinar details will be posted on the meeting agenda, which will be available on the CMS website approximately 2 weeks prior to the meeting at https://www.cms.gov/​Regulations-and-Guidance/​Guidance/​FACA/​AdvisoryPanelonClinicalDiagnosticLaboratoryTests.html. A preliminary agenda is described in section II. of this notice.

The Panel meeting will be held virtually and in-person at the campus of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Central Building, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.