sábado, 23 de marzo de 2013

Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

http://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/OpenDoorForums/ODF_hhhdme.html

National Provider Calls: Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Process — Registration Now Open

Tuesday, April 9; 2:30-4pm ET— Preparing to Apply

Tuesday, April 23; 1:30-3pm ET— Tips on Completing a Successful Application

On October 20, 2011, CMS issued a final rule under the Affordable Care Act to establish the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program). This initiative will help providers participate in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve quality of care for Medicare patients. CMS will host two National Provider Calls in April on the Shared Savings Program application process.

On Tuesday, April 9, CMS subject matter experts will provide information on what you can do now to prepare for the Shared Savings Program application process for the January 1, 2014 start date. This National Provider Call will include information on key dates, the Notice of Intent to Apply (NOI) submission, and the first steps in submitting an application. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

On Tuesday, April 23, CMS subject matter experts will cover tips on completing a successful application, including information on how to submit an acceptable ACO Participant List, Participation Agreement Sample, Executed Participant Agreement pages, and Governing Body Template for the Shared Savings Program application. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

The Shared Savings Program Application web page has important information, dates, and materials on the application process. Call participants are encouraged to review the application and materials prior to the call.

Target Audience: Medicare FFS providers

Registration Information: In order to receive call-in information, you must register for the call on the CMS Upcoming National Provider Calls registration website. Registration will close at 12pm on the day of the call or when available space has been filled; no exceptions will be made, so please register early.

Presentation: The presentation for this call is now posted on the FFS National Provider Calls web page. In addition, a link to the slide presentation will be emailed to all registrants on the day of the call.

Continuing education credit may be awarded for participation in certain CMS National Provider Calls. Visit the Continuing Education Credit Notification web page to learn more.

Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum

National Provider Calls: Medicare Shared Savings Program Application Process — Registration Now Open
Tuesday, April 9; 2:30-4pm ET— Preparing to Apply
Tuesday, April 23; 1:30-3pm ET— Tips on Completing a Successful Application. See Downloads section below for full announcement.

Important Alert: Hospice providers that have not already begun entering their NQF #0209 data for the Payment Year 2014 cycle should begin doing so immediately. Providers must enter and attest to their data on the data entry website no later than 11:59pm ET on April 1, 2013 in order to comply with NQF #0209 requirements. In order to avoid a 2 percentage point reduction in Annual Payment Update (APU) for FY 2014, providers must have submitted data for both the structural measure and the NQF #0209 measure by the specified deadlines: January 31, 2013 for the structural measure and April 1, 2013 for the NQF #0209 measure.
Providers that may have missed the structural measure deadline can still visit the data entry website, create an account, and enter their NQF #0209 data. The link to the data entry site, along with a Technical User Guide giving step-by-step instructions on the data entry process, can be found on the Data Submission portion of the CMS HQRP website.
Hospice providers that anticipate needing a deactivation request for their HQRP user account should submit their account deactivation request to the Technical Help Desk via fax at 888-477-7871 or email at help@QTSO.com prior to March 25, 2013. Any deactivation requests received on or after March 25 puts a hospice organization at risk for missing the April 1 NQF #0209 deadline. Please note: all data submitted by a user who is deactivated is permanently deleted. Please see Downloads section below for more information.

On the February 20th Home Health, Hospice and DME ODF, CMS staff responded to a question regarding the Home Health Acute Care Hospitalization claims-based measure. The caller asked if the measure is risk adjusted and if not, was CMS considering risk adjustment in the future. CMS staff responded erroneously that the measure is not risk adjusted and there are no plans to risk adjust in the future. The correct response is that the Acute Care Hospitalization claims-based measure is already risk adjusted.

The next Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, February 20, 2013 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm, ET. If you wish to participate, dial 1-800-837-1935; Conference ID: 78869441. Please see the Downloads section below for the full announcement including agenda. Thank you for your continued interest in the CMS Open Door Forums.

The Durable Medical Equipment, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program will be changing how some Medicare patients get covered supplies. Be sure to give your Medicare patients the correct information. Please review (copy and paste the link into your web browser) the following link for information for people who refer Medicare beneficiaries for DMEPOS: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/DMEPOSCompetitiveBid/index.html?redirect=/DMEPOSCompetitiveBid/01_overview.asp .

Urgent Hospice Quality Reporting Registration Information has been added to the Downloads section below. Thank you.

Please see the "New Electronic Mailing List to Keep Fee-For-Service Providers Informed" announcement in the Downloads section below.
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Home Health, Hospice, and Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum (ODF) Overview:
The Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment ODF addresses the concerns of three unique health care areas within the Medicare & Medicaid programs. Issues related to Home Health PPS, the newly proposed competitive bidding for DME, and the Medicare Hospice benefit are all topics the forum has covered. Many of the issues covered bridge concerns within all three settings, and the combination of the topics under one Forum has been useful to many participants. We continue to hold Special ODFs when individual policy issues require special attention. Timely announcements and clarifications regarding important rulemaking, agency program initiatives, and other related areas are also included in the forums.