[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 55701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27553]


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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 15, 2001, and Friday, November 16, 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 November 15, and at 9 a.m. on November 16.
    Topics for discussion include: Quality improvement for health plans 
and providers; Medicare program complexity and regulatory burden; 
payment for outpatient pain management procedures; blood safety 
requirements: impact on hospital costs and payment options; measuring 
payment adequacy and; updating payments in traditional Medicare; the 
Medigap insurance market; Medicare's hospice benefit; and 
Medicare+Choice.
    Agendas will be mailed on November 6, 2001. The final agenda will 
be available on the Commission's Web site (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. 01-27553 Filed 11-1-01; 8:45 am]
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