sábado, 9 de marzo de 2013

Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/ODF_hhhdme.html

State Innovation Models Conference Call for Providers

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the first recipients of the State Innovation Models initiative. Twenty-five states will be working to design and implement improvements to their health care systems that will bolster health care quality and decrease costs.

Nearly $300 million in awards will support the development of models of care that will transform health care delivery throughout the states. Over $25 million in Model Testing awards will fund 6 states – Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Vermont – in implementing their plans for health care delivery transformation. These states will use these funds to test multi-payer payment and service delivery models on a broader scale within their state. An additional 19 states will receive nearly $35 million to develop their State Health Care Innovation Plans that will serve as a guide for comprehensive health care transformation. To learn more about the State Innovation Models initiative and view the 25 awardees, please visit http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/State-Innovations/.

WHAT: State Innovation Models Initiative Conference Call for Providers

WHEN: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 3:00pm-4:00pm ET

WHERE: 1-800-837-1935 | Conference ID: 18153851

No prior registration is necessary. Participants will be required to provide the Conference ID listed above and are strongly encouraged to dial in 10 minutes early to ensure that you are joined into the conference call.

If you are unable to join, the audio recording and transcript will be made available on the CMS Innovation Center’s website following the call.

Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum

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.
**Updated February 21, 2013 - On the February 20th Home Health, Hospice and DME ODF, CMS staff responded to a question regarding the Home Health Acute Care Hospitalization claims-based measure. The caller asked if the measure is risk adjusted and if not, was CMS considering risk adjustment in the future. CMS staff responded erroneously that the measure is not risk adjusted and there are no plans to risk adjust in the future. The correct response is that the Acute Care Hospitalization claims-based measure is already risk adjusted.
**Updated February 15, 2013 - The next Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20, 2013 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78869441. Please see the Downloads section below for the full announcement including agenda. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
**Updated February 5, 2013 - The Durable Medical Equipment, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program will be changing how some Medicare patients get covered supplies. Be sure to give your Medicare patients the correct information. Please review (copy and paste the link into your web browser) the following link for information for people who refer Medicare beneficiaries for DMEPOS: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/DMEPOSCompetitiveBid/index.html?redirect=/DMEPOSCompetitiveBid/01_overview.asp .
**Updated January 9, 2013 - Urgent Hospice Quality Reporting Registration Information has been added to the Downloads section below. Thank you.
**Updated January 2, 2013 - The next Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, January 9, 2013, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78868196. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
**Updated December 14, 2012 - Please see the "New Electronic Mailing List to Keep Fee-For-Service Providers Informed" announcement in the Downloads section below.
******
Home Health, Hospice, and Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum (ODF) Overview:
The Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment ODF addresses the concerns of three unique health care areas within the Medicare & Medicaid programs. Issues related to Home Health PPS, the newly proposed competitive bidding for DME, and the Medicare Hospice benefit are all topics the forum has covered. Many of the issues covered bridge concerns within all three settings, and the combination of the topics under one Forum has been useful to many participants. We continue to hold Special ODFs when individual policy issues require special attention. Timely announcements and clarifications regarding important rulemaking, agency program initiatives, and other related areas are also included in the forums.