Rural Health Open Door Forum Update

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

Date: Thursday, April 9, 2015

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

Please dial in at least 15 minutes prior to call start time.

Conference Leaders: Marge Watchorn, John Hammarlund and Jill Darling.

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I.  Opening Remarks

II.  Chair- Marge Watchorn, (CMCS)

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

       Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications

III.  Announcements & Updates

•  Veterans Choice Program: 40+ mile rule expanded to increase access for rural Veterans
• http://www.va.gov/opa/choiceact/documents/FactSheets/March-2015-40-mile-rule-change-factsheet.pdf

IV.   Open Q&A

**Next ODF: May 21, 2015**

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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: 12724377

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: 12724377

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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