Hospital Open Door Forums Update

The next CMS Hospital/Quality Initiative Open Door Forum scheduled for:  

Date:  Tuesday, July 8^th, 2014

Start Time:  2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)

Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time.

**This Agenda is Subject to Change** 

I. Opening Remarks

Chair – Tiffany Swygert (Acting Chair)

Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)

II. Announcements & Updates

• Wage Index Time Table Update
• CY 2015 OPPS Proposed Rule
• Open Payments (The Sunshine Act): An Overview for Physicians & Teaching Hospitals
  • http://go.cms.gov/openpayments 

III. Open Q&A

**Next CMS Hospital/Quality Initiative Open Door Forum: August 19^th **

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Open Door Participation Instructions:

This call will be Conference Call Only.

To participate by phone:

Dial: 1-800-837-1935 & Reference Conference ID: 44427826.

Persons participating by phone do not need 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: 44427826.

Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID beginning 2 hours after the call has ended. The recording expires after 2 business days.

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

Thank you.

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