[Federal Register: January 8, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 5)]
[Notices]               
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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 Wednesday, 
January 16, 2002, and Thursday, January 17, 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 January 16, and at 9 a.m. on January 17.
    Topics for discussion include: Should Medicare payments take into 
account other payers' behavior?; assessing payment adequacy and 
updating Medicare payments for physician services, outpatient dialysis 
services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, skilled nursing 
facility care, and home health services, measuring changes in input 
prices in traditional Medicare; Medicare+Choice; adjusting for local 
differences in resident training

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costs, and assessing the Medicare benefit package.
    Agendas will be mailed on January 8, 2002. The final agenda will be 
available on the Commission's Web site (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.
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