Special Open Door Forum

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Special Open Door Forum

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST.

You are invited to a Special Open Door Forum on Tuesday, August 20^th, from 2:00pm-4:00pm ET; about the final rule updating Medicare payment policies for hospitals under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for fiscal year 2020. The final rule includes changes to the inpatient hospital wage index, increased payments and modernized policies related to new technologies, and incentives to promote development of new antimicrobial therapies to treat drug-resistant infections.

This Special Open Door Forum is open to everyone; 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. Press inquiries should be directed tour Media Relations group at Press@cms.hhs.gov. Thank you.

Tuesday, August 20^th

2:00pm- 4:00pm ET

Dial-in Information

1-888-455-1397

Participant passcode: 4676500

Please dial in 15 minutes ahead of time

 Instant Replay: End date: AUG-23-19 11:59 PM (ET) Phone: Toll Free: 1-800-337-6558