Hospital Open Door Forums Update

The next CMS Hospital/Quality Initiative Open Door Forum scheduled for:  

Date:  Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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

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

Conference Leaders: Tiffany Swygert & Susan Gratzer

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I.   Opening Remarks

Chair – Tiffany Swygert (Center for Medicare)

Moderator – Susan Gratzer (Office of Communications)

II.   Announcements & Updates

•  Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) – New regulation and Chapter 5 manual revisions
•  ICD 10
•  IPPS Wage Index Timeline

III. Open Q&A

**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

Next ODF: November 3, 2015

Mailbox: Hospital_ODF@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: 7363624

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: 7363624

Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID beginning 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.