[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5921]


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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, 
March 21, 2002, and Friday, March 22, 2002, 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 March 21, and at 9 a.m. on March 22.
    Topics for discussion include: Assessing the Medicare benefit 
package; changes in medical practice and the delivery of care--
implications for the Medicare benefit package; changes in private 
sector benefit packages--implications for the Medicare benefit package; 
supplementing the Medicare benefit package: Medicaid, Medigap, retiree 
health care, and the role of Medicare+Choice; total spending and 
sources of payment for beneficiaries' health care; coverage of and 
payment for non-physician practitioners; beneficiaries' access to 
Medicare hospice care; Medicare coverage of cardiac rehabilitation 
programs and pulmonary rehabilitation services; Medicare benefit 
package: preliminary findings; criteria for evaluating potential 
changes to the Medicare benefit package; options for changing the 
Medicare benefit package, and reviewing the SGR update for 2003.
    Agendas will be mailed on March 12, 2002. 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. 02-5921 Filed 3-11-02; 8:45 am]
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