CMS Hosting an Open Door Forum (ODF) for Home Care, Hospice, and DMEs on Nov. 16th

On Wed., Nov. 16^th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host an Open Door Forum (ODF) from 2-3 PM Eastern Time (ET).

The agenda has been updated and includes:

Home Health PPS Final Rule

• HomeHealthPolicy@cms.hhs.gov
• CMS Home Health Center Webpage for CY 2017 Home Health Rule, Wage Index, and Case-mix weights
• CY 2017 Home Health Final Rule-Federal Register
• HH QRP Section of the Final Rule
• HHVBP Policies in the CY 2017 Home Health Prospective Payment System Final Rule
• Home Health and Hospice PEPPER
• Round 1 2017 contract suppliers for Medicare’s DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program. Please view the Media Fact Sheet for more information.
• DMEPOS Competitive Bidding: Rules
• For details on the final rule, please follow the link to the GPO Publication.

 Hospice Quality Reporting Program

• New Hospice QM Reports
• Public Use Files (PUF) files to be posted on http://data.medicare.gov.
• Updated RO and State Coordinator list on http://data.medicare.gov.

HHCAHPS announcement

Hospice CAPS announcement

• For technical assistance, contact the CAHPS Hospice Survey Project Team at hospicecahpssurvey@HCQIS.org or 1-844-472-4621.
• To communicate with CMS staff about implementation issues, please email hospicesurvey@cms.hhs.gov.

Change Request 9585 announcement

To participate by phone:

Dial: 1-800-837-1935 & Reference Conference ID: 44695683

Contact: Cheryl Udell, cudell@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8871