Pass-Through Payment Status and New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC)

OPPS Pass-through and New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Assignment Under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)

Applications for OPPS Pass-through and New Technology Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Assignment Under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) are now being accepted in the new electronic application intake system, Medicare Electronic Application Request Information System^TM (MEARIS^TM). Please submit your application package through the appropriate module:

** Go to https://mearis.cms.gov to register/log in, and submit your application.**

We request that applicants start using the appropriate MEARIS^TM application for application submissions. Please see applications instructions below for additional details.

• OPPS Device Pass-Through applications are required to be submitted through MEARIS^TM beginning on March 2, 2022.
• OPPS Drug and Biological Pass-Through applications may be submitted with the previous electronic format no later than May 31, 2022.
• OPPS New Technology APC applications may be submitted with the previous electronic format no later than August 31, 2022.