Special Open Door Forum: Understanding the IMPACT Act-Measure Alignment and IMPACT Outcomes, Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Special Open Door Forum:

Understanding the IMPACT Act-

Measure Alignment and IMPACT Outcomes

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

2:00 -3:00 pm Eastern Time

Conference Call Only

The purpose of this SODF call is to provide information and solicit feedback pertaining to theImproving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (commonly referred to as theIMPACT Act). The IMPACT Act mandates the standardization of patient assessment data across post-acute care settings including Skilled Nursing Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, and Long Term Care Hospitals in order to improve quality of care and quality of life.

This Special Open Door Forum will offer discussion on the history of the IMPACT Act, including discussion of what is the IMPACT Act, how CMS is standardizing quality measures and data items, and what is the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (commonly referred to as the SNF QRP).  This SODF will serve as a platform to update consumers, stakeholders, researchers, and advocates alike on the work around the IMPACT Act.

We invite questions from patients, consumers, researchers, and advocates in advance or during the Forum.

Please submit questions to: PACQualityInitiative@cms.hhs.gov. You may follow along during the call from the PowerPoint slides that were posted to: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Post-Acute-Care-Quality-Initiatives/IMPACT-Act-of-2014/IMPACT-Act-Downloads-and-Videos.html.

We look forward to your participation.

Special Open Door Participation Instructions:

Participant Dial-In Number: 1-800-837-1935

Conference ID #: 17589814

Note: 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.

A transcript and audio recording of this Special ODF will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp for downloading.

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