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