[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 17961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8205]



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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, 
April 12, 2001, and Friday, April 13, 2001, at the Ronald Reagan 
Building, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively scheduled to begin at 10 
a.m. on April 12, and at 9 a.m. on April 13.
    Topics for discussion include: Medicare in rural areas; quality of 
care in rural areas; payment provisions for inpatient hospital care in 
rural areas; home health services in rural areas; Medicare payments for 
nursing and allied health programs; access to care in rural areas; 
assessing outpatient prospective payment system for quality and access; 
payment for hospital outpatient services in rural areas; 
Medicare+Choice in rural America; payments to skilled nursing 
facilities in Alaska and Hawaii; and payment update for physician 
services.
    Agendas will be mailed on April 3, 2001. 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. 01-8205 Filed 4-3-01; 8:45 am]
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