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

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/ODF_ruralhealth.html
The next CMS Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for:

Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014;
Start Time: 2:00pm Eastern Time (ET); 
Please dial in at least 15 minutes prior to call start time.

Conference Leaders: Carol Blackford, John Hammarlund and Jill Darling.

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

  1. Opening Remarks
Chair – John Hammarlund, Regional Administrator, Seattle Regional Office
Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications

  1. Announcements & Updates
  1. Open Q&A
**Next ODF: Thursday, May 15, 2014**
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Open Door Forum Participation Instructions:
This call will be Conference Call Only.

1. To participate by phone:
Dial: 1-800-837-1935 & Reference Conference ID: 71053487.
Persons participating by phone are not required to RSVP. TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired.  For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help.

Encore:  1-855-859-2056; Conference ID: 71053487.
Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID. Encores for ODFs held on Thursdays can be accessed the following Monday. The recording is available for 3 business days.

For ODF schedule updates & E-Mailing List registration, visit our website at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/.

Thank you.

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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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**Update March 27, 2014 - The proposed agenda for the next Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, April 3, 2014 from 2:00pm-3:00pmET is as follows: Transforming Healthcare in Rural Health America; FCHIP Demonstration; Low Volume IFC: web link to CMS-1599-IFC2: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-03-18/pdf/2014-05922.pdf ; web link to Table 14: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/FY-2014-IPPS-Final-Rule-Home-Page-Items/FY-2014-IPPS-Final-Rule-CMS-1599-F-Tables.htm; Wage Index Time Table Update: web link to FY 2015 Wage Index Home Page: http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/Wage-Index-Files-Items/FY-2015-Wage-Index-Home-Page.html. This agenda is subject to Change. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 71053487. Please see the full participation announcement in the Downloads section below. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.

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