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

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

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015;

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, (CM)

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

      Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications

III.  Announcements & Updates:

• IPPS FY 2016 Announcement:
      1.  http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/FY2016-IPPS-Proposed-Rule-Home-Page.html
• CAH Updated SOM:    1. http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Downloads/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-15-19.pdf
• Chronic Care Management Updates FAQs

              1.  New CCM FAQ’s:

a.  http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/HospitalOutpatientPPS/Downloads/Payment-Chronic-Care-Management-Services-FAQs.pdf

 2.  Updated CCM Fact Sheet:

a.  http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/ChronicCareManagement.pdf

•  Part D Prescriber Enrollment Requirements
• PQRS toolkit for CAH II Providers

              1.     http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-

Instruments/PQRS/Downloads/2015_CAH-II_Toolkit.zip

                                        2.      https://questions.cms.gov/faq.php?id=5005&faqId=11986

IV.   Open Q&A

**Next ODF: TBD**

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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: 12770091

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: 12770091

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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