Skilled Nursing Facility- Long Term Care Open Door Forum Update

The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:  

Date:  Thursday, May 14, 2015

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

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

Conference Leaders: Todd Smith & Jill Darling

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I.  Opening Remarks

Acting Chair – Todd Smith (Center for Medicare)

Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)

II. Announcements & Updates

 Proposed SNF PPS Rule

•  http://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2015-Fact-sheets-items/2015-04-15.html
•  Quality Reporting Program Proposed Rule Overview
•  SNF Value Based Purchasing

 Electronic submission of staffing data announcement

•  http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/Staffing-Data-Submission-PBJ.html

III. Open Q&A

**Next ODF: June 25, 2015**

Mailbox: SNF_LTCODF-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: 12753443

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: 12753443

Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference IDbeginning the following Monday. The recording expires after 3 business days.

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

Thank you.