[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-2922]


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[Federal Register: February 9, 1994]


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PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION

 

Commission Meeting

AGENCY: Physician Payment Review Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Commission will hold meetings February 24-25, 1994 at the 
Embassy Suites Hotel, 1250 22nd Street NW., Washington, DC, in the 
Consulate Room to review and revise the draft of its Annual Report to 
Congress due March 31, 1994. During the public session of the meeting 
on February 24, the Commission will review all major conclusions and 
recommendations to be contained in the report. That review is scheduled 
to begin at 10 a.m. and is expected to follow the chapter outline of 
the report, although there may be some last-minute changes in the 
order. That outline is as follows:

1. Context for Reform

Reforming the Health System: Cost, Quality, and Access

2. The Structure of Reform
3. Cost Containment and Expenditure Limits
4. Design Issues for Expenditure Limits
5. Regulating Plan Premiums
6. Rate Setting
7. Structuring the Health Insurance Market
8. Establishing Equitable Premiums: Community Rating and Risk 
Adjustment
9. Ensuring Access for the Poor
10. Widening or Narrowing the Gap? The Effect of Health System 
Reform on Medical and Medicaid Payments
11. Quality Assurance

Reforming the Health System: Complementary Policies

12. Coverage Decisions and Technology Assessment
13. Graduate Medical Education Reform
14. Nonphysician Practitioners
15. Medical Malpractice Reform
16. Developing a National Data Strategy

Medicare and Medicaid

17. Beneficiaries and the Medicare Fee Schedule
18. Physicians and the Medicare Fee Schedule
19. Ensuring Fair and Accurate Payment under the Medicare Fee 
Schedule
20. Bonus Payments in Health Professional Shortage Areas
21. A Look Back at Implementation and Impact of Volume Performance 
Standards
22. Enhancing Medicare Policy to Restrain Volume Growth
23. Access for Medicaid Beneficiaries

    After the Commission has reviewed the recommendations for the 
annual report, it will adjourn into Executive Session for editorial 
review of the report chapters. It is expected that the February 25 
meeting will be held entirely in Executive Session.

ADDRESS: Please note that the Commission has a new address: 2120 L 
Street NW./suite 200/Washington, DC 20037. The telephone number is 202/
653-7220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lauren LeRoy, Deputy Director, or Annette Hennessey, Executive 
Assistant, at 202/653-7220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because of the meeting's format, no agenda 
will be issued. You may confirm the meeting time by calling the 
Commission's office at 202-653-7220.
Paul B. Ginsburg,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 94-2922 Filed 2-8-94; 8:45 am]
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