Agenda
Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee
August 20, 2008
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
CMS Auditorium
Saty Satya-Murti, MD, FAAN, Acting Chair
Steve E. Phurrough, MD, MPA, Coverage and Analysis Group
Maria Ellis, Executive Secretary
7:30 - 8:00 AM
Registration
8:00 - 8:15 AM
Opening Remarks—M. Ellis / Steve E. Phurrough, MD, MPA/ Saty Satya-Murti, MD, FAAN
8:15- 8:55 AM
CMS Presentation & Voting Questions - Stuart Caplan, RN, MAS
8:55 - 9:40 AM
TA Presentation: Maria Beatriz Ospina, MSc, and Karen Yvonne Gulenchyn, MD, Evidence Based Practice Center in Edmonton, Alberta Canada
9:40 - 10:05 AM
Bruce Hillner, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, MVC Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:05 - 10:30 AM
David Mankoff, MD, PhD, Seattle, Washington, ACR, ASTRO, AMI, SNM
10:30 - 10:45 AM
BREAK
10:45 -11:15 AM
Scheduled Public Comments
(Refer to Speaker List)
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Public attendees, who have contacted the executive secretary prior to the meeting, will address the panel and present information relevant to the agenda. Speakers are asked to state whether or not they have any financial involvement with manufacturers of any products being discussed or with their competitors and who funded their travel to this meeting.
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11:15 - 11:35 AM
Open Public Comments
11:35 - 12:35 PM
LUNCH (on your own)
12:35 -1:35 PM
Questions to Presenters
1:35 - 2:45PM
Initial Open Panel Discussion: Dr. Satya-Murti
2:45 - 3:30 PM
Formal Remarks and Voting Questions
The Chairperson will ask each panel member to state his or her position on the voting questions
3:30 - 4:25 PM
Final Open Panel Discussion: Dr. Satya-Murti
4:25 - 4:30 PM
Closing Remarks/Adjournment: Dr. Phurrough & Dr. Satya-Murti
4:30 PM
ADJOURN
