Rural Health Open Door Forum Update

The next CMS Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for:

Date: Thursday, August 7, 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**

I.    Opening Remarks

II.   Chair- Carol Blackford, Center for Medicare

Co-Chair – John Hammarlund, Regional Administrator, Seattle Regional Office

Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications

III.  Announcements & Updates

·       FY 2015 Hospice Final Rule

o   http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/Hospice/Hospice-Regulations-and-Notices.html

·       IPPS Rule

·       Billing Preventive screenings in an RHC

Helpful Links:

Coverage to Care-

• o   http://marketplace.cms.gov/c2c
• o   http://marketplace.cms.gov/help-us/c2c-roadmap.pdf?linkId=8267630 

IV.  Open Q&A

**Next ODF: September 18, 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: 44425158.

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: 44425158.

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/.

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