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Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/ODF_SNFLTC.html

The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:  

Date:  Thursday, May 2, 2013
Start Time:  2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET);
Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time.

Conference Leaders: Jeanette Kranacs & Matthew Brown
**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I. Opening Remarks
Chair – Jeanette Kranacs (Center for Medicare)
Moderator – Matthew Brown (Office of Communications)

II. Announcements & Updates

III. Open Q&A

**Next ODF: June 13, 2013**
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Open Door Participation Instructions:
This call will be Conference Call Only.

To participate by phone:
Dial: 1-800-837-1935 & Reference Conference ID: 78862506.
Persons participating by phone do not need to RSVP. TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired.  For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help.

Encore: 1-855-859-2056; Conference ID: 78862506.
Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID. Encores for ODFs held on Thursdays can be accessed the following Monday. The recording is available for 3 business days.

For ODF schedule updates and E-Mailing List registration, visit our website at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/.
Thank you.

Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum

Overview: 

The Skilled Nursing Facilities / Long-Term Care Open Door Forum (ODF) addresses the concerns and issues of both the Medicare SNF, the Medicaid NF, and the nursing home industry generally. The types of issues that come up during this forum are often related to the Minimum Data Set, SNF Consolidated Billing, the roles and responsibilities of different SNF, NF or LTC professional staff under CMS regulations, clarifications of issues that are covered during a survey and certification process, and the many rules and requirements under which different related services can be payable. Timely announcements and clarifications regarding important rulemaking, quality program initiatives, and other related areas are also included in the forums.

The next Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)/Long-Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, May 2, 2013, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78862506. Please see the full participation announcement in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
Per request during the March 21, 2013 Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum, the Current Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions web link is as follows: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain . Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
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Tuesday, April 9; 2:30-4pm ET – Preparing to Apply
Tuesday, April 23; 1:30-3pm ET – Tips on Completing a Successful Application. See Downloads section below for full announcement.
The next Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)/Long-Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2013, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78875931. Please see the full participation announcement in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
The CMS Innovation Center will be hosting a conference call on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET.  CMS Innovation Center Director, Richard Gilfillan, MD, and Karen Murphy, RN, PhD, Director of the State Innovations Group, will provide an overview of the Model Testing, Pre-Testing and Model Design awards as well as additional information on how providers can participate in the State Innovation Models initiative. Please see the Downloads section below for the full announcement with participation instructions. Thank you.
The next Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)/Long-Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, February 14, 2013, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78866871. Please see the full participation announcement in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.




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