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

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

Date:  Tuesday April 30, 2019

Start Time:  2:00pm-3:00pm 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 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term acute Care Hospital IPPS/LTCH Proposed Rule Highlights
• FY 2020 Wage Index and Occupational Mix Data Public Use Files Announcement
• CMS Assessment Submission & Processing (ASAP) System Enhancement for LTCHs (iQIES) 

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 open to everyone, but 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: 1373188

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: 1373188

Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID beginning 4 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/.

Were you unable to attend the recent Hospital ODF call? We encourage you to visit our CMS Podcasts and Transcript webpage where you can listen and view the most recent Hospital ODF call. Please allow up to three weeks to get both the audio and transcript posted to: https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/PodcastAndTranscripts.html. Thank you.