Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forums Update

The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).

Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time.

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I. Opening Remarks

Chair – Randy Throndset, Center for Medicare

Moderator – Jill Darling (OC)

II. Announcements & Updates

•  Hospice Quality Reporting Program
•  Form for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Part D Plans
•  Hospice Proposed Rule
•  Hospice CAHPS
•  For information and technical assistance, contact the CAHPS Hospice Survey Project Team via email at hospicecahpssurvey@HCQIS.org or by calling toll-free at 1-844-472-4621.
•  To communicate with CMS staff about implementation issues, please email:hospicesurvey@cms.hhs.gov.
  •  The Hospice CAHPS website is:hospicecahpssurvey.org
•  Home Health CAHP announcements
  •  Home Health Star Ratings materials are available at:https://homehealthcahps.org
•  Star Ratings / HHC Updates

III. Open Q&A

**Next Home Health, Hospice & DME ODF: TBA

Mailbox: HomeHealth_Hospice_DMEODF-L@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: 12763924

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: 12763924

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 at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/.

Thank you.