[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52231-52232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22344]


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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, 
September 11, 2003, and Friday, September 12, 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 September 11, and at 9 a.m. on September 12.
    Topics for discussion include: setting the context for Medicare 
spending; disease management and care coordination services in 
traditional Medicare; the quality of care in Medicare; outpatient 
dialysis payment issues; risk adjustment in Medicare+Choice; inpatient 
hospital issues; workplans for payment adequacy analyses, including 
physicians, hospital outpatient departments, and post-acute care 
providers. There will also be a panel on the growth and variation in 
the use of physician services.
    Agendas will be e-mailed approximately one week prior to the 
meeting. The final agenda will be available on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.MedPAC.gov).

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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. 03-22344 Filed 8-29-03; 8:45 am]
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