Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum

Overview:

The Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum (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.

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**Updated February 27, 2014 - The proposed agenda for the next Home Health, Hospice & DME/Quality Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 2:00pm is as follows: Announcements & Updates: Hospice and Part D; Hospice Claims Reporting; Hospice & CAHS; Hospice Quality Update; FY2015 and FY2016 reporting cycles. FY 2015 Reporting Cycle: Data Entry and Submission site: https://hospice.qtso.com/ : Fact Sheet, User Guide, Training Slides in “Downloads” section: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Data-Collection.html; Technical User Guide for Data Entry and Submission in “Downloads” section: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Data-Submission.html. FY 2016 Reporting Cycle: Hospice Item Set (HIS) Manual: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Hospice-Quality-Reporting/Downloads/HIS-Manual.pdf; HIS Data Collection Training Day 1 (2/4/14): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Caeoezmix6M; HIS Data Collection Training Day 2 (2/5/14): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TClgfeVHGDQ. Hospice CAHPS survey; HHH CAHPS; Home Health Quality Update; The general link to the CMS PRA Listings webpage is:
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html; The specific link to OASIS-C1 PRA package documents is: https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing-Items/CMS-R-245.html?DLPage=1&DLFilter=OASIS&DLSort=1&DLSortDir=descending; Advanced Notice Proposal for DME. This agenda is subject to change. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 71246014. Please see the full participation announcement in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.