04-119. Commission Meeting

AGENCY:

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Wednesday, January 14, 2004, and Thursday, January 15, 2004, at the Ronald Reagan Building, International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is tentatively scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on January 14, and at 9 a.m. on January 15.

Topics for discussion include: recommendations on payment adequacy analyses for hospitals, physicians, outpatient dialysis, ambulatory surgical centers, home health, and skilled nursing facilities; and Medicare+Choice. Presentations will also be made on long-term care hospitals and dual eligible beneficiaries.

Agencies 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 [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Ellison, Office Manager, [phone].

Mark E. Miller,

Executive Director.