jueves, 10 de abril de 2014

Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CMS Innovation Center

Special Open Door Forum:

Introduction to the Medicare Care Choices Model

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

2:00pm - 3:00pm (Eastern Time)

CMS will host an Open Door Forum (ODF) call on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 to allow providers, beneficiary advocacy groups, and other interested parties to learn more about the Medicare Care Choices Model. The Medicare Care Choices Model will provide a new option for Medicare beneficiaries to receive palliative care services from certain hospice providers while concurrently receiving services provided by their curative care providers. CMS will evaluate whether providing hospice services can improve the quality of life and care received by Medicare beneficiaries and increase patient satisfaction via this model of care.

Materials to be discussed during the call will be available for downloading from the model website (http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Medicare-Care-Choices) prior to the Open Door Forum taking place.

We look forward to your participation.

Special Open Door Participation Instructions:

Participant Call in #: 1-(800) 837-1935

Conference ID #: 71067933

Note: 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.

A transcript and audio recording of this Special ODF will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website athttp://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/ODFSpecialODF.html.

For automatic emails of Open Door Forum schedule updates (E-Mailing list subscriptions) and to view Frequently Asked Questions please visit our website at http://www.cms.gov/opendoorforums/ .

CMS.gov Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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 April 8, 2014- Special Open Door Forum (ODF): Part D and Hospice for Tuesday, April 8, 2014 1:00pm – 2:00 pm Eastern Time. This call will be conference call only. This Special ODF will allow providers, beneficiary advocacy groups, and other interested parties to learn more about the Medicare Care Choices Model. The Medicare Care Choices Model will provide a new option for Medicare beneficiaries to receive palliative care services from certain hospice providers while concurrently receiving services provided by their curative care providers. CMS will evaluate whether providing hospice services can improve the quality of life and care received by Medicare beneficiaries and increase patient satisfaction via this model of care. Materials to be discussed during the call will be available for downloading from the model website (http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Medicare-Care-Choices) prior to the Open Door Forum taking place. If you wish to participate, dial: 1-(800) 837-1935 & Conference ID: 71067933. 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.