Skilled Nursing Facility- Long Term Care Open Door Forum Update

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The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:  

Date:  Thursday, June 25, 2015

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

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

Conference Leaders: Jeanette Kranacs & Jill Darling

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I.  Opening Remarks

Chair – Jeanette Kranacs (Center for Medicare)

Moderator – Jill Darling (Office of Communications)

II.  Announcements & Updates

•  National Partnership call to Improve Dementia Care Updates
  •  http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/National-Partnership-to-Improve-Dementia-Care-in-Nursing-Homes.html
  •  https://www.nhqualitycampaign.org/dementiaCare.aspx
•  Electronic Staffing Data Collection update
  •  Registration for Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) voluntary submission will begin in early August
  •  Users will utilize the current QIES registration process throughhttps://mds.qiesnet.org/mds_home.html
  •  Registration training modules to be available by 7/20/2015.
•  Training for data submission will start in September
•  Submission will start with the first timeframe of 10/1/2015 – 12/31-2016, due to be submitted by 2/15/2016.
•  CMS will communicate more information about through:
•  Nursing Homes’ provider preview in their CASPER folder
•  An updated Policy Manual and Q&As will be posted in July onhttp://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/Staffing-Data-Submission-PBJ.html
•  S&C memo in July announcing more information:http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Policy-and-Memos-to-States-and-Regions.html

III. Open Q&A

**Next ODF: August 6, 2015**

Mailbox: SNF_LTCODF-L@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: 12791426

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: 12791426

Encore is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and entering the Conference ID beginning the following Monday. The recording expires after 3 business days.

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

Thank you.

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