The first 2010 meeting of the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups for 2010 will be held February 17 – 19, 2010. The purpose of the Panel is to review the APC groups and their associated weights and to advise HHS concerning the clinical integrity of the APC groups for purposes of updating the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system for CY 2011.
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