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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
This notice announces a public meeting to receive comments and recommendations (including data on which recommendations are based) on the appropriate basis for establishing payment amounts for new or substantially revised Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes being considered for Medicare payment under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for calendar year 2026. 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.
Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) Annual Public Meeting Date: The meeting is scheduled for Friday, June 27, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (E.D.T.). The meeting will have a hybrid format, occurring in-person at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) campus, Central Building, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850 and virtually online.
Deadline for Submission of Presentations and Written Comments: All presenters for the CLFS Annual Public Meeting must register using the registration link provided on the Annual Public Meeting CMS web page and submit their presentations electronically to our CLFS dedicated email box, [email protected], by May 29, 2025 at 5 p.m. E.D.T. All written comments (non-presenter comments) must also be submitted electronically to our CLFS dedicated email box, [email protected], by May 29, 2025, at 5 p.m. E.D.T. Any presentations or written comments received after that date and time will not be included in the meeting and will not be reviewed.
Deadline for Submitting Requests for Special Accommodations: Requests for special accommodations must be received no later than May 29, 2025 at 5 p.m. E.D.T.
Publication of Proposed Determinations: We intend to publish our proposed determinations for new test codes and our proposed determinations for reconsidered codes (as described later in section II., “Format” of this notice) for calendar year 2026 by early September 2025.
Deadline for Submission of Written Comments Related to Proposed Determinations: Comments in response to the proposed determinations will be due by early October 2025.
The CLFS Annual Public Meeting will be held virtually and in-person at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Central Building, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850.
Where to Submit Written Comments: Interested parties should submit all written comments on presentations and proposed determinations electronically to our CLFS dedicated email box, [email protected] (the specific date for the publication of these determinations and the deadline for submitting comments regarding ( printed page 16683) these determinations will be published on the CMS website).
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