Rural Health Open Door Forum Update

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

Date: Thursday, August 20, 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

•  Proposal in the CY 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Regarding Ambulance Staffing Requirements
•  Overview of Coordinated Care for Joint Replacement Proposed Rule
•  FY 2016 IPPS Final Rule
•  Home Health and Hospice Announcements

IV. Open Q&A

**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

Next ODF: October 1^st, 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: 6877970

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: 6877970

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/.

Thank you.