Rural Health Open Door Forum - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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CMS is developing a registry of Medicare providers for participation in the MSI. To accomplish this effort, CMS is seeking to collect accurate contact information by having providers complete the MSI Participant Registration form. The form itself is not a survey. It is a method for gathering pertinent contact information such as name, email address, state, etc. It should take less than 1 minute to complete. For each MSI administration, CMS will randomly select its MSI sample from a list of providers who register to become participants.

If you are a Medicare FFS provider or work on behalf of a Medicare FFS provider (such as a billing agency) and are interested in participating, take a moment to register your contact information by completing the application, and let your voice be heard.

Rural Health Open Door Forum

Overview:
The Rural Health Open Door Forum (ODF) addresses Rural Health Clinic (RHC), Critical Access Hospital (CAH) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) issues, as well as some inclusion of other questions and concerns that occur in clinical practice pertaining to other CMS payment systems that also extend into these settings. Topics that frequently arise on this forum often deal with payment & billing for services subject to Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and/or Physician Shortage Area (PSA) status, cost report clarifications, classifications for & qualifications of rural provider types, and the many special provisions being implemented for improving rural health in the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. Timely announcements and clarifications regarding important rulemaking, quality program initiatives, and other related areas are also included in the Forums.
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CMS is developing a registry of Medicare providers for participation in the MSI. To accomplish this effort, CMS is seeking to collect accurate contact information by having providers complete the MSI Participant Registration form. The form itself is not a survey. It is a method for gathering pertinent contact information such as name, email address, state, etc. It should take less than 1 minute to complete. For each MSI administration, CMS will randomly select its MSI sample from a list of providers who register to become participants. Please see the Downloads section below for the full registration announcement.
An updated agenda has been posted in the Downloads section for the Wednesday, July 10, 2013 Rural Health Open Door Forum. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 14440061. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
The next Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, July 10, 2013 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 14440061. An agenda will be posted in the Downloads section below prior to the call. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
National Provider Calls: Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Process — Register Now
Thursday, June 20; 1:30-3pm ET— Application Review
Thursday, July 18; 1-2:30pm ET— Application Question and Answer Session. Please see Downloads section below for full announcement, including registration instructions.
The next Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 2013 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78861994. Please see the full participation announcement with agenda in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
CMS Seeks Public Comment on Defining QIO Service Areas - Comments Accepted through Friday, May 31, 2013. Please see Downloads section below for full announcement.
CMS will host a National Provider Call on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, titled: National Physician Payment Transparency Program (Open Payments) - What You Need To Know. Please see Downloads section below for full announcement.
The next Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 2013, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78869914. Please see the full participation announcement with agenda in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
National Provider Calls: Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Process — Registration Now Open
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 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 Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2013, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 91724524. Please see the full participation announcement with agenda in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.
Please see the "New Electronic Mailing List to Keep Fee-For-Service Providers Informed" announcement in the Downloads section below.