ASA recently nominated Dr. Johnathan Pregler, M.D. to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP). CMS has notified Dr. Pregler that he was selected to serve on this important panel.
The purpose of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the CMS on the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) groups and their associated weights.
ASA congratulates Dr. Pregler on his appointment.