[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53028-53029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17567]


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MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION


Commission Meeting

August 30, 2005.
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 8, 2005, and Friday, September 9, 2005, at the Ronald Reagan 
Building, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively scheduled to begin at 11 
a.m. on September 8, and at 9:15 a.m. on September 9.

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    Topics for discussion include findings on two congressionally 
mandated studies: home health margins, and payments for oncology drugs 
and administration services in the Medicare system. The Commission will 
also discuss issues related to the Medicare wage index, outpatient 
therapy, valuing services in the physician fee schedule, and physician 
resource use. The Commission will also host a panel on quality measures 
in managed care organizations.
    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).
    This will be the last notice placed in the Federal Register by the 
Commission. We will continue to e-mail meeting agendas, which you can 
sign up to receive at http://www.medpac.gov. They will also be posted 
on our Web site. In addition, we will now e-mail a meeting notice two 
weeks prior to the meeting date. If you have any comments on this 
action, please contact Annissa McDonald at [email protected] or 
(202) 220-3700.

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

Mark E. Miller,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 05-17567 Filed 9-2-05; 8:45 am]
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