Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forums Update

The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).

Please call at least 15 minutes prior to the forum start time.

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

I.  O pening Remarks

Chair – Randy Throndset, Center for Medicare

Moderator – Jill Darling (OC)

II.   Announcements & Updates

•  Home Health & Hospice Payment Policy Updates
•  Quality Reporting Updates:
  •  Hospice Quality Reporting Final Rule Update
  •  Home Health Quality Reporting Proposed Rule Update
•  HHCAHPS/Hospice announcements-
•  Home Health Care CAHPS (HHCAHPS)
•  The only Official HHCAHPS website for all information, for HHAs to check their HHCAHPS preview reports for data posted on HH Compare, and for HHCAHPS Survey Vendors to submit data:https://homehealthcahps.org
•  For Technical Assistance including questions about HHA Preview Reports, contact the HHCAHPS Coordination Team: hhcahps@rti.org
•  For CMS Assistance about Home Health Care CAHPS (HHCAHPS) APU questions, contactHHAPUreconsiderations@cms.hhs.gov

 Hospice CAHPS

•  To reach the Hospice CAHPS web site please go to:hospicecahpssurvey.org
•  For technical assistance, contact the CAHPS Hospice Survey Project Team: hospicecahpssurvey@HCQIS.orgor 1-844-472-4621
•  To communicate with CMS staff about implementation issues: hospicesurvey@cms.hhs.gov
•  Claims Processing Update
•  DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
•  Overview of Coordinated Care for Joint Replacement Proposed Rule
•  Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) – New regulation and Chapter 5 manual revisions

III. Open Q&A

**Next Home Health, Hospice & DME ODF: September 23, 2015

Mailbox: HomeHealth_Hospice_DMEODF-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: 6833152

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: 6833152

Encore 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.