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

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

Date:  Tuesday, March 8, 2016

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

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

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I. Opening Remarks

Chair – Tiffany Swygert (Center for Medicare)

Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)

II. Announcements & Updates

• FY 2017 IPPS Wage Index Timeline
• Upcoming Stakeholder Engagement Opportunities
• IRF and LTCH Dry Run Readmissions Reports
•  Public Reporting of Hospital Overall Quality Star Rating
• https://www.qualitynet.org/dcs/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=QnetPublic%2FPage%2FQnetTier2&cid=1228775183434 

III. Open Q&A

**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

Next CMS Hospital/Quality Initiative Open Door Forum: April 19, 2016

ODF EMAIL 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: 38504818

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: 38504818

Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID beginning 2 hours after the call has ended. The recording expires after 2 business days.

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

Thank you.