[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 215 (Monday, November 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 66565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28430]


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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, 
November 16, 2000, and Friday, November 17, 2000, at the Ronald Reagan 
Building, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively scheduled to begin at 10:00 
a.m on November 16, and at 9:00 a.m. on November 17.
    Topics for discussion include: draft report to Congress on risk 
adjustment; draft report to Congress on post-surgical recovery care 
centers; Medicare issues in rural areas including access to care; 
analysis of costs for hospital services in rural areas; coinsurance for 
hospital outpatient department services; updating Medicare payments for 
physician services; methods for determining payment adequacy and 
updates for hospital inpatient services; technology costs and hospital 
inpatient and outpatient services; and payments to skilled nursing 
facilities.
    Agendas will be mailed on November 7, 2000. The final agenda will 
be available on the Commission's website (www.MedPAC.gov)

ADDRESSES: MedPAC's address is: 1730 K Street, NW, Suite 800, 
Washington, DC 20006. The telephone number is (202) 653-7220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Ellison, Office Manager, (202) 
653-7220.

Murray N. Ross,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 00-28430 Filed 11-3-00; 8:45 am]
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