Special Open Door Forum
Important New Info on Increased Payments for COVID-19 Vaccinations for Homebound Patients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a Special Open Door Forum on the increased payment amounts for providers that vaccinate homebound Medicare beneficiaries for the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Effective June 8, 2021, Medicare will pay an additional amount of $35 per dose for administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the home for […]
Read MoreCMS to Bolster Payments for At-Home COVID-19 Vaccinations for Medicare Beneficiaries
CMS to hold special ODF on at-home COVID-19 Vaccinations for Medicare Beneficiaries. See below for more details The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced an additional payment amount for administering in-home COVID-19 vaccinations to Medicare beneficiaries who have difficulty leaving their homes or are otherwise hard-to-reach. There are approximately 1.6 million adults […]
Read MoreCMS Open Door Forum Series for IT, EHR Developers, Vendors to Develop Medicare Documentation Service
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum series to educate the public about a new initiative underway to develop a Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) Documentation Requirement Lookup Service prototype. Also, to allow physicians, suppliers, IT and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Developers and Vendors, and/or all other interested […]
Read MoreCMS Open Door Forum on Hospice Outcomes & Patient Evaluation Tool
The Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum on developing a hospice patient assessment tool, now called CMS. This ODF will be a status update on HOPE. The ODF will take place on Thursday, September 12, 2019 from 2:00 […]
Read MoreCMS Open Door Forum on Open Payments Expansion under the SUPPORT Act
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum on the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act and its impact on the Open Payments program. The Special Open Door Forum will be conference call only and held on Thursday, August […]
Read MoreCMS: Changes Coming to Hospice Evaluation and Assessment Reporting Tool (HEART)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) held a Special Open Door Forum (SODF) on the development of a hospice assessment tool on March 13, 2019. The purpose was to provide an update on the status of the tool and allow hospices and other interested parties to […]
Read MoreCMS Special Open Door Forum on Hospice Assessment Tool
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) will hold a Special Open Door Forum to allow hospices and other interested parties to ask questions about the development of a Hospice Assessment Tool. The Special Open Door Forum will be on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 from 2:00 PM […]
Read MoreNAHC Business Partner Members: CMS Holding Forum About Developing Medicare Fee for Service Documentation Requirement Lookup Service Prototype
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Program Integrity will host a series of SODF calls to educate the public about a new initiative underway to develop a Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) Documentation Requirement Lookup Service prototype. Also, to allow physicians, suppliers, IT and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Developers and Vendors, and/or […]
Read MoreCMS Hosts First Hospice HEART Assessment Special Open Door Forum
On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began engagement of hospice stakeholders in discussions on the ongoing process of developing an assessment tool (the Hospice Evaluation and Assessment Reporting Tool — HEART) for use as part of the Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP by holding the first of several […]
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