Sep. 16 at 2:06 PM
$LUCD Two fairly weak reasons to be optimistic about tonight:
1) CGS moved their next open meeting up from 10/27 to 10/20. Palmetto and Noridian always schedule about 5 weeks in advance (eg on 9/2 they scheduled their 10/7 meeting). A draft tonight would mean a 10/21 open meeting for Palmetto, perfectly aligned with the new CGS 10/20 date. Typically all the MACs have their open meetings within a few days of each other (June CGS mtg one exception).
2) The CAC meeting was 9/4/25. For those who weren't around, it was a huge meeting, high profile, Dr. BW himself presided over it, and there were 300-400 attendees if I remember correctly. It was a big deal. Historically time from CAC to draft has been a year or less, and I just don't see how this can deviate much from that precedent given how many eyes are on this.
Bottom line - I think a draft is coming tonight to fill open meeting slots the week of 10/19. Will it be upper GI?
