Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 01/10/2002

Commission Meeting

The Commission will hold its next public meeting on Thursday, October 10, 2002, and Friday, October 11, 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 October 10, and at 9 a.m. on October 11. Topics for discussion include: Medicare spending compared to other health spending indicators; monitoring beneficiary access to care; characteristics of long-term care hospitals and workplan; characteristics of hospitals by Medicare financial performance, new developments in Medicare+Choice; county level variation in Medicare per capita spending; coverage and payment for new technologies; current issues in skilled nursing facility payment policy; introduction to the post-acute care episode database; and using incentives to improve the quality of care for beneficiaries. Agendas will be mailed on October 2, 2002. The final agenda will be available on the Commission's Web site (www.MedPAC.gov).