miércoles, 29 de enero de 2014

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

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

Special Open Door Forum (ODF): Final Rule CMS-1599-F: Discussion of the Hospital Inpatient Admission Order and Certification; 2 Midnight Benchmark for Inpatient Hospital Admissions,scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, 2014; 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time. This call will be conference call only. This will be a follow-up call to allow hospitals, practitioners, and other interested parties to ask questions on the physician order and physician certification, inpatient hospital admission and medical review criteria that were released on August 2, 2013 in the FY 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)/Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) final rule (CMS-1599-F).

Additional information on the inpatient hospital admissions policy can be found at go.cms.gov/InpatientHospitalReview. Additional information relating to the order and certification provisions may be located on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Center webpage.Feedback and questions on the two midnight provision for admission and medical review can be sent to IPPSAdmissions@cms.hhs.gov. This topic was recently discussed, and training materials provided, during a Medicare Learning Network National Provider Call on January 14, 2014.

If you wish to participate, dial: (877) 251-0301 & Conference ID: 47736519

We look forward to your participation. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.

CMS.gov Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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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**Updated January 28, 2014 - Special Open Door Forum (ODF): Final Rule CMS-1599-F: Discussion of the Hospital Inpatient Admission Order and Certification; 2 Midnight Benchmark for Inpatient Hospital Admissions, scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, 2014; 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time. This call will be conference call only. This will be a follow-up call to allow hospitals, practitioners, and other interested parties to ask questions on the physician order and physician certification, inpatient hospital admission and medical review criteria that were released on August 2, 2013 in the FY 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)/Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) final rule (CMS-1599-F).

Additional information on the inpatient hospital admissions policy can be found at go.cms.gov/InpatientHospitalReview. Additional information relating to the order and certification provisions may be located on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Center webpage. Feedback and questions on the two midnight provision for admission and medical review can be sent to IPPSAdmissions@cms.hhs.gov. This topic was recently discussed, and training materials provided, during a Medicare Learning Network National Provider Call on January 14, 2014.

If you wish to participate, dial: (877) 251-0301 & Conference ID: 47736519

We look forward to your participation. Please see the Downloads section below for the full call announcement. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.