§ 414.506 Procedures for public consultation for payment for a new clinical diagnostic laboratory test.

For a new CDLT, CMS determines the basis for and amount of payment after performance of the following:

(a) CMS makes available to the public (through CMS's Internet Web site) a list that includes codes for which establishment of a payment amount is being considered for the next calendar year.

(b) CMS publishes a Federal Register notice of a meeting to receive public comments and recommendations (and data on which recommendations are based) on the appropriate basis, as specified in § 414.508, for establishing payment amounts for the list of codes made available to the public.

(c) Not fewer than 30 days after publication of the notice in the Federal Register, CMS convenes a meeting that includes representatives of CMS officials involved in determining payment amounts, to receive public comments and recommendations (and data on which the recommendations are based).