The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will conduct the hospital/quality initiative open door forum (ODF) tomorrow, September 6, 2023, at 2:00 pm. Some of the agenda topics for the call include:
- FY 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)/Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Final Rule:
- IPPS Payment Updates
- LTCH Payment Updates
- Wage Index Proposals
- Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Graduate Medical Education (GME) Proposal
- New Technology Add-on Payment Proposals
- Social Determinants of Health
- Physician-Owned Hospital Proposal
- Quality Updates
- Hospital Value-Based Payment (VBP) Updates
- FY 2024 IPF PPS Final Rule
- Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (HCAHPS) Podcast Now Available — Updates to HCAHPS Survey Mode Adjustments
- Hospital Outpatient Department (OPD) Prior Authorization — Facet Joint Interventions
- Email: OPD Prior Authorization Inbox
- Website: OPD Prior Authorization
NEW and UPDATED Open Door Forum Participation Instructions:
This call will be a Zoom webinar. To participate by webinar, register here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Webinar ID: 160 121 2402
Passcode: 860132
Note that, although the ODFs are now a Zoom webinar, we will only use the audio function. There is no need for cameras to be on.
