Good morning,

There is a CMS Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum tomorrow, 11/6 from 1-2 central time. 

The agenda includes the CY 2025 Home Health Final Rule including the new COP requirement added to 484.105 [new requirement (i)]

See below email for agenda and link to register if interested. 

Thanks,

Jennifer Stark, RHIA

Health Information & Compliance Coordinator

Home Care & Hospice

Ph: 218.249.6147   Fx: 218.249.6166

915 East 1st Street
Duluth, MN 55805

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Subject: UPDATED AGENDA: The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2024, PM at 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)

 

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**Additional agenda item has been added below**

The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for

Wednesday, November 6, 2024, PM at 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET).

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

**This Agenda is Subject to Change**

  • Opening Remarks

Chair – Brian Slater, Center for Medicare, CMS

Co-Chair- Kelly Vontran, Center for Medicare, CMS

Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications, CMS

  • Announcements & Updates
  • CY 2025 HH PPS Final Rule Payment Rate Update
  • HHCAHPS Survey updates
  • New HHA CoP requirement in the HHA PPS rule
  • Home Health Quality Reporting Program
    1. Public Reporting
    2.  Rulemaking
    3. New Resources
  • Hospice Quality Reporting Program
    • Public Reporting
    • New Resources
    • Upcoming Training
  • Mitigating fraudulent hospice marketing and beneficiary enrollment

  III. Open Q&A

**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**

Next Home Health, Hospice & DME ODF: TBA

Mailbox: HomeHealth_Hospice_DMEODF-L@cms.hhs.gov

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This Open Door Forum is open to everyone, but 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. If you have inquiries, please contact CMS at Press@cms.hhs.gov. Thank you.

NEW and UPDATED Open Door Forum Participation Instructions:

This call will be a Zoom webinar with registration and login instructions below.

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_vfsU5LSKR3atiW9T_AhrDg

Meeting ID: 160 823 4591

Passcode: 200020

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. You may also add the webinar to your calendar using the drop-down arrow on the “Webinar Registration Approved” webpage after registering. Although the ODFs are now a Zoom webinar, we will only use the audio function, no need for cameras to be on.

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

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