On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, CMS will host a Home Health, Hospice & Durable Medical Equipment Open Door Forum at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The agenda includes home health and hospice rule updates, home health star ratings update, information on accessing home health CASPER reports, and publication of the OMB-approved OASIS-C1/ICD-10 data set and final OASIS-C1/ICD-10 manuals.
Topics: CMS Open Door Forum, Hospice, Home Health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its most recent Home Health, Hospice, and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum (ODF) on July 9, 2014. CMS officials discussed the 2015 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system (HHPPS), hospice reporting of DME items and the hospice CAHPS survey. Access to the recorded Forum is available through CMS’ Encore system by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and using conference ID code 44430036 beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern on July 9; the recording expires after 2 business days.
The proposed rule for the HHPPS rate update for 2015 went on display June 2, 2014 and includes both payment and non-payment related changes.
Topics: CMS Open Door Forum
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held its most recent Home Health, Hospice, and DME Open Door Forum (ODF) on May 28, 2014. Access to the recorded Forum is available through CMS’ Encore system by dialing 1-855-859-2056 and using conference ID code 71065438 beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern on May 28; the recording expires after 2 business days.
Below is a summary of the Forum.
Topics: CMS Open Door Forum
Did you attend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Homecare, Hospice and HME/DME Open Door Forum this week? Read on to review the issues, talking points and updates from CMS.
Topics: Hospice Quality Reporting, HHPPS, CMS Open Door Forum, HHCAHPS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that the next Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum will be held on Tuesday, July 9 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST.
Topics: CMS Open Door Forum, HHCAHPS, Home Health Quality, Hospice Quality Measures