[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 248 (Monday, December 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33733]



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MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION


Commission Meeting

AGENCY: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, 
January 15, 1998 and Friday, January 16, 1998 at the Embassy Suites 
Hotel, 1250 22nd Street N.W., Washington, DC in the Consulate/
Ambassador Room. The meetings are tentatively scheduled to begin at 
10:00 a.m. on January 15 and at 8:30 a.m. on January 16.
    At the meeting, the Commission will be reviewing a draft of its 
March 1998 report to the Congress. Among the topics the Commission will 
discuss are: improving Medicare+Choice capitation payments, risk 
adjustment, the adjusted community rate, PPS operating and capital 
updates, disproportionate share payments, moving to prospective payment 
systems for post-acute care, payment policy for hospital outpatient 
department services, physician payment policy, payment issues for 
special populations, and graduate medical education.
    Final agendas will be mailed on January 9, 1998 and will be 
available on the Commission's web sites (WWW.PPRC.GOV and 
WWW.PROPAC.GOV) at that time.

ADDRESSES: 2120 L Street, N.W.; Suite 200; Washington, D.C. 20037. The 
telephone number is 202/653-7220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ann Johnson, Executive Assistant, at 202/653-7220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you are not on the Commission mailing 
list and wish to receive an agenda, please call 202/653-7220 after 
January 9, 1998.
Lauren LeRoy,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-33733 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]
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