Next CMS Home Health Open Door Forum Scheduled for July 12th

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has scheduled its next Home Health, Hospice, and Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Open Door Forum for Wed., July 12, 2023 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET. Please see below for the agenda information and participation instructions.

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

Wednesday, July 12, 2023, PM at 3:30 PM-4:30 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 2024 Home Health Proposed Rule Update
• Updates for the HHCAHPS Survey
  • HHCAHPS Survey Updates
  • HHCAHPS Survey website: https://homehealthcahps.org
  • HHCAHPS email for assistance: HHCAHPS@rti.org
• Home Health ODF Topics
• CY 2024 Proposed Rule Display 
• Public Reporting
• For Home Health QRP:
  • homehealthqualityquestions@cms.hhs.gov
• For HHA Quarterly Q&A’s:
• https://qtso.cms.gov/providers/home-health-agency-hha-providers/reference-manuals
• For HH VBP: HHVBPquestions@lewin.com
• Hospice ODF Topics
  • Rulemaking
  • New/updated resources
  • For Hospice Quality help desk:
    • HospiceQualityQuestions@cms.hhs.gov
    • For Hospice Special Focus Program: QSOG_hospice@cms.hhs.gov
    • iQies Technical Help Desk: iqies@cms.hhs.gov; Phone:1-877-201-4721 (Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Central Time)
• Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model Update
  • Website: https://innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/expanded-home-health-value-based-purchasing-model
  • Model Help Desk: HHVBPquestions@lewin.com
  • iQIES Help Desk: iqies@cms.hhs.gov
  • Register for the Overview of the Interim Performance Report (IPR): The July 2023 IPR Webinar – https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g2zQipY-ScimeuJnp7Nv8g#/registration

  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_JXFw_pLzSXWvdRJ2wx5EAg

    Webinar ID: 160 583 4669

    Passcode: 298914

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.