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

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

Date:  Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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 2018 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule highlights
• FY 2019 IPPS Wage Index process
• Reminder deadline for the voluntary resubmission of Worksheet S-10 data for FY 2014 and FY 2015

III. Open Q&A

**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

Next CMS Hospital/Quality Initiative Open Door Forum: TBD

ODF EMAIL MAILBOX:  Hospital_ODF@cms.hhs.gov

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This Open Door Forum is not intended for the press, and the remarks are not considered on the record. If you are a member of the Press, you may listen in but please refrain from asking questions during the Q & A portion of the call. If you have inquiries, please contact CMS at Press@cms.hhs.gov. Thank you.

Open Door Participation Instructions:

This call will be Conference Call Only.

To participate by phone:

Dial: 1-800-837-1935 & Reference Conference ID: 60556102

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: 60556102Encore 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.