10/28/2004 – 10/29/2004
Ronald Reagan Building, The International Trade Center

New opportunity for stakeholder comment on MedPAC deliberations
MedPAC’s policies and recommendations are informed by our analytic work, but also by input from Medicare’s various stakeholders. In addition to meeting with stakeholders directly, and obtaining input from comments made at our public meetings, we are now soliciting comments on our agenda via our website. 

You may submit comments pertinent to our agenda beginning when the agenda for each meeting is made public, and for one week thereafter. In submitting your comments, please include your name and affiliation. Due to the volume of comments we receive, we cannot acknowledge individual comments, nor can we guarantee that comments will be specifically reflected in our work products. However, please be assured that your input will be given all due consideration.

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Agenda

Mandated report on benefits design and cost sharing October 28, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Staff Contact: Rachel Schmidt, Jill Bernstein Transcript    Brief

Private plan strategies for managing the use of imaging services October 28, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Staff Contact: Ariel Winter Transcript    Brief

Provider profiling October 28, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Staff Contact: Anne Mutti, Kevin Hayes, Karen Milgate Transcript    Brief

Public Comment October 28, 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Transcript

Health IT panel October 28, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Transcript

Mandated report on physician volume October 28, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM Staff Contact: Kevin Hayes, Dana Kelly Transcript    Brief

Mandated report on practice expense October 28, 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Staff Contact: Nancy Ray, Cristina Boccuti Transcript    Brief

Mandated reports on cardiothoracic surgeons' practice expense/certified registered nurse first assistant study October 28, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Staff Contact: David Glass, Jill Bernstein Transcript    Brief

Mandated report on eliminating physician referrals to physical therapy October 28, 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Staff Contact: Carol Carter Transcript    Brief

Public comment October 28, 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM Transcript

Hospital pay for performance October 29, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Staff Contact: Karen Milgate, Sharon Cheng Transcript    Brief

Mandated report on specialty hospitals (DRG profit, patient selection) October 29, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Staff Contact: Julian Pettengill Transcript    Brief

Update first results: Hospital, Physician, SNF, Outpatient dialysis October 29, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Staff Contact: Greene, Ashby, Zabinski, Glass, Boccuti, Linehan, Kaplan, Ray Transcript    Brief

Public comment October 29, 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM