sábado, 9 de marzo de 2013

Hospitals Open Door Forum - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-education/outreach/OpenDoorForums/ODF_Hospitals.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.

Hospitals 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 15, 2013 - The next Hospital & Hospital Quality Open Door Forum is scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, 2013 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78867445. 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 December 14, 2012 - Please see the "New Electronic Mailing List to Keep Fee-For-Service Providers Informed" announcement in the Downloads section below.
**Updated September 10, 2012 - CMS has made available two new recorded training sessions for IRFs on the QIES Technical Support Office (QTSO) website. The sessions are as follows:
1. IRF-PAI Assessment Submission Process – provides the necessary instructions for submitting IRF-PAI assessment data to the ASAP IRF-PAI Submission System beginning October 1, 2012.
2. CASPER Reports for IRFs – provides information about accessing and interpreting the ASAP system-generated IRF-PAI Facility Final Validation Report, identifies other reports available to IRFs and gives an overview of the basic functionality of the CASPER Reporting application.
• The recordings can be accessed via the e-University page on the QTSO website at https://www.qtso.com/webex/qiesclasses.php .
• Please contact the QTSO Help Desk at (800) 339-9313 or help@qtso.com if you have questions regarding this training session.
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Hospital & Hospital Quality Open Door Forum (ODF) Overview:
The Hospital Open Door Forum (ODF), addresses the concerns and questions of the Hospital service setting, The very broad scope of topics discussed within this forum, include payment, coverage, conditions of participation, billing, and many other current issues that are related to policy implementation. The Inpatient PPS, Outpatient PPS, provisions of the Affordable Care Act and other laws that affect the setting are all covered, and a recurring update from the areas of the Hospital Quality Initiative including the Hospital CAHPS initiative. Timely announcements and clarifications regarding important rulemaking, agency program initiatives, and other related areas are also included in the forums.