[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9293]


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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 24, 2003, and Friday, April 25, 2003, 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 24, and at 9 a.m. on April 25.
    Topics for discussion include: Medicare payment for outpatient 
drugs under part B; volume of physician services and related physician 
payment issues; hospital financial performance; incentives to improve 
quality; use of market competition in fee-for-service Medicare; 
geographic variation; implications for beneficiaries and policy reform 
of market variation; long-term care hospital patient characteristics; 
examining differences between hospital-based and free-standing skilled 
nursing facilities; dialysis quality and cost; comments on CMS's social 
health maintenance organization demonstration report; and the impact of 
the GME cap on geriatricians.
    Agendas will be e-mailed on April 16, 2003. The final agenda will 
be available on the Commission's Web site (www.MedPAC.gov).

ADDRESSES: MedPAC's address is: 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Suite 9000, 
Washington, DC 20001. The telephone number is (202) 220-3700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Ellison, Office Manager, (202) 
220-3700.

Mark E. Miller,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 03-9293 Filed 4-15-03; 8:45 am]
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