[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23614]
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PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION
Commission Meeting
AGENCY: Physician Payment Review Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday,
September 18, 1997 and Friday, September 19, 1997, at the Sheraton City
Centre, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting
will be in the New Hampshire One and Two rooms. The meetings are
tentatively scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on September 18th and 19th.
Among the topics the Commission will discuss are:
its work plan for the coming year,
key provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997,
access to care for Medicare beneficiaries,
implementation of practice expense relative values,
development of resource-based malpractice expense relative
values,
risk adjustment,
Medicare spending, and
federal premium contribution.
The Commission will also be briefed by John Eisenberg, M.D.
concerning the agenda of the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research, and Janet Corrigan, Ph.D. concerning the work of the
President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality. A
panel on the progress of AHCPR's Consumer Assessment of Health Plans is
also planned.
Final agendas will be mailed on September 12, 1997 and will be
available on the Commission's web site (www.pprc.gov) at that time.
ADDRESSES: 2120 L Street, NW.; Suite 200; Washington, DC 20037. The
telephone number is 202/653-7220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ann Johnson, Executive Assistant, at 202/653-7220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you are not on the Commission mailing
list and wish to receive an agenda, please call 202/653-7220 after
September 12, 1997.
Lauren LeRoy,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-23614 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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