[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 70289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26667]


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MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION


Commission Meeting

November 30, 2004.
AGENCY: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, 
December 9, 2004, and Friday, December 10, 2004, 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 December 9, and at 8:30 a.m. on December 10.
    Topics for discussion include findings on a congressionally 
mandated study on specialty hospitals; pay for performance for 
hospitals, physicians, and home health; and incentives for health care 
information technology adoption. In addition, the Commission will 
discuss payment adequacy for hospitals, physicians, skilled nursing 
facilities, home health, and dialysis. Other topics will include 
imaging, measuring physician resource use, and other changes to 
physician payment.
    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).

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. 04-26667 Filed 12-2-04; 8:45 am]
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