Hospital Open Door Forums Update

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

Date:  Tuesday, April 7, 2015

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**

1. Opening Remarks

Chair – Tiffany Swygert (Center for Medicare)

Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)

1.  Announcements & Updates

•  Medicare coverage of lung cancer screening
•  FY 2016 Wage Index Timeline update
•  Probe and Educate Process and Recovery Auditor Inpatient Patient Status Prohibition Extension
  •  http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Monitoring-Programs/Medicare-FFS-Compliance-Programs/Medical-Review/InpatientHospitalReviews.html
•  Open Payments program update
  •  https://www.cms.gov/openpayments/index.html

III. Open Q&A

**Next CMS Hospital/Quality Initiative Open Door Forum: May 19, 2015**

NEW ODF EMAIL MAILBOX: Hospital_ODF@cms.hhs.gov

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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: 12698288

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: 12698288

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.